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Cargando... The White House Plumbers: The Seven Weeks That Led to Watergate and Doomed Nixon's Presidencypor Egil Krogh
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. 2024 book #8: 2007. Bud Krogh was one of the men asked by Nixon to investigate government leaks such as the Pentagon papers. His decision to approve a break in at the office of Ellisberg's psychiatrist's office eventually lead to Nixon's downfall. Interesting apologetic. Originally published as "Integrity: Good People, Bad Choices, and Life Lessons from the White House" in 2007. ( ) The White House Plumbers is Egil "Bud" Krogh's memoir/biography told with Matthew Krogh and narrated by Peter Krogh. There is some new or lesser-known things here but what makes it different from many other accounts is the perspective, that of an insider, one of the criminals. Like any memoir, the reader needs to remember that when any of us tell our own stories, or the stories of close relatives, we will, whether consciously or not, tell it in the least unflattering manner. When a criminal does the telling, no matter how remorseful they may or may not be, there will be rationalizations for why they did something that was clearly illegal from the beginning. That doesn't make the book less interesting but it is something readers need to keep in mind. Take everything with well more than one grain of salt. Having made that point, I found the story to be quite interesting and, regardless of my opinion of the remorse, found Krogh to be genuine in his initial belief he was doing something for the greater good. Even though that "greater good" entailed breaking numerous laws, sometimes people are so sure of their righteousness that they consider laws to be for others and not themselves and those they support. Just look at today's version of the GOP. While I would recommend this for those who enjoy memoirs and have an interest in the demise of Nixon's administration, I would caution the reader not to expect a lot of new and earth-shattering revelations. This is an attempt at redemption, albeit an interesting one. Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"The true story of The White House Plumbers, a secret unit inside Nixon's White House, and their ill-conceived plans stop the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, and how they led to Watergate and the President's demise. In a secluded office in President Nixon's White House in 1971, Egil "Bud" Krogh was summoned to a closed-door meeting by his mentor-and a key confidant of the president-John Ehrlichman. Expecting to discuss the most recent drug control program launched in Vietnam, Krogh was shocked when Ehrlichman handed him a file and the responsibility for the Special Investigations Unit, or SIU, later to be notoriously known as "The Plumbers." The Plumbers' work, according to Nixon, was critical to national security: they were to investigate the leaks of top-secret government documents, including the Pentagon Papers, to the press. Driven by blind loyalty, diligence, and dedication, Krogh, along with his co-director David Young, set out to handle the job, eventually hiring G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt to break in to the office of Dr. Fielding, a psychiatrist treating Daniel Ellsberg, the man they suspected was doing the leaking. Krogh had no idea that his decisions would soon lead to one of the most famous conspiracies in presidential history and the demise of the Nixon administration. The White House Plumbers is Krogh's account of what really happened behind the closed doors of the Nixon White House, and how a good man can make bad decisions, as well as the necessity of maintaining your integrity. Including the story of how Krogh served time and later rebuilt his life, The White House Plumbers is gripping, thoughtful, and a cautionary tale of the ends justifying the means"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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