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A Confession

I need to confess something.

I've got a bit of an obsession with Watergate.

First, there's the books. I read voraciously, about Watergate, about the 60s, the 70s, and just about every aspect of US domestic and foreign politics during the Nixon administration. It's a fascinating subject and I just can't help feeding the appetite.

Then, there's the twitterbot: Nixon's Transcripts, a.k.a. @Thisiswatergate

The Books

First are a couple of book summaries I have of books directly related to Watergate:

• Bob Woodward and Carl Berstein's All The President's Men - most popular, but least informative, book on Watergate
• Lamar Waldron's Watergate: The Hidden History - amazing book published in 2012, this book updates the Watergate story accounting for all of the material that has been released between 1974 and 2012
• Rick Perlstein's Nixonland - a biased but nevertheless fascinating book that gives a comprehensive summary of Nixon's entire career. It goes into greater detail about Nixon's early life and career than some other books, which give a summary treatment. This was the first book to really kindle my interest in Nixon in general, and Watergate specifically.
• Stanely Kutler's Wars of Watergate - a fascinating, excellent, and highly-detailed account of how Watergate unfolded, practically minute-to-minute

Next are some books that are not about Watergate or Nixon primarily, but cover important information about or dimensions of his Presidency:

• Stanley Karnow's Vietnam - this book covers some critical details of the Nixon administration's decisions around Vietnam and provides a much fuller context of the conflict, as well as covering how the Vietnam War played into the unfolding Watergate scandal
• Tim Weiner's Legacy of Ashes - sheds light on the Nixon administration's involvement with the CIA, Kissinger's decisions around covert activities, and the Nixon-Helms conflict, which became critical in the unfolding Watergate saga due to the role of the White House-CIA-FBI triangle in Watergate.

Next, I have been working on a Watergate timeline based on my reading. I have some other timelines (Wikipedia and Washington Post) as well. These are here:

• Watergate/Timelines