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Available
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Publication
New York : Random House, c2012.
Description
An intimate, behind-the-scenes account of the famed Washington Post editor's life to assess his role during such events as the Pentagon Papers, Watergate, and the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.
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LibraryThing member SigmundFraud
An interesting read but much too much detail on the coverage of Watergate. Perhaps if you did not live through it as I did you would find the detail interesting. I think that Bradlee got lucky with Watergate which made him. True he ran with the ball and allowed Woodstein to run with it. I did not
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feel as sympathetic to him as all the commentary on what a great guy he was etc. He seemed pretty egocentric to me. But the book is worth a detour, albeit a long one. Show Less