The White House Plumbers
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This is the true story of the White House Plumbers, a secret unit inside Nixon’s White House, their ill-conceived plans to stop the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, and how they led to Watergate and the President’s demise.
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The true story of the White House Plumbers, a secret unit inside Nixon’s White House, their ill-conceived plans to stop the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, and how they led to Watergate and the President’s demise.
On July 17, 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.
The White House Plumbers is Krogh’s account of what really happened behind the closed doors of the Nixon White House, how a good man can make bad decisions, and the redemptive power of 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 placing loyalty over principle.
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Weight | 0.196 kg |
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Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.8 cm |
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Publisher | Swift Press |
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Cover | Paperback |
Pages | 208 |
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Edition | |
Dewey | 973.924092 (edition:23) |
Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
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