All the President’s Men
by Carl Bernstein
View on GoodreadsA 1972 burglary at the Democratic National Committee, two young Washington Post reporters, and a source who would only meet in secret. Woodward and Bernstein tell Watergate through their own reporting, and you get it as it stood in June 1974, about two months before Nixon resigned.
Core ideas
- Confirmation calls: People phoned just to confirm a detail often let slip something more useful, so much of the reporting ran on cold contacts.
- Deep Throat's terms: The source set meetings with prearranged signals, never allowed direct quotation, and at first only confirmed leads the reporters already had.
- Sources by name: The book named some formerly anonymous sources, notably Nixon re-election treasurer Hugh Sloan, and follows leads to John Mitchell and Donald Segretti's dirty tricks.
Published1974
Pages480
ISBN9781416522911
ReadDec 2025
