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Publication date
  
1999

ISBN
  
0-684-85262-4

Author
  
Bob Woodward

Genre
  
Non-fiction

Country
  
United States of America

3.7/5
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Language
  
English

Pages
  
608

Originally published
  
1999

Page count
  
608

Publisher
  
Simon & Schuster

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Subject
  
Political science, United States, Watergate

Similar
  
Bob Woodward books, Non-fiction books, President books

Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate is a 1999 book by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward, written with a narrative voice while utilizing firsthand interviews and news reports for its historical basis. For the 608-page book, Woodward used extensive notes and also interviewed President Ford, President Bush's chief of staff, James Baker, and other people of focus.

Its five sections cover:

  • Gerald Ford - The pardoning of Richard Nixon
  • Jimmy Carter - The scandals involving administrative officials Bert Lance and Hamilton Jordan
  • Ronald Reagan - The Iran-Contra Affair
  • George H. W. Bush - The decisions behind the first Gulf War, "Passportgate" and the firing of Naval Secretary H. Lawrence Garrett
  • Bill Clinton - Whitewater controversy, Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones and Clinton's impeachment trial

    • The book's final 300 pages cover Bill Clinton's administration. Nearly 100 pages are devoted to Reagan's administration. The book largely delves into the personal discussions that each president had during each issue, with no holds barred regarding profanity. Shadow was written with the research help of Jeff Glasser.

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    Shadow (Bob Woodward book) Wikipedia
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