Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush

Nixon’s White House counsel discusses the Bush-Cheney administration in this New York Timesbestseller: “Powerful . . . a riveting book.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review   Former White House counsel John Dean, with the unique viewpoint and expertise born of working for Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal, here looks critically at the administration of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, arguing that its worldview—and its tendency toward secrecy and deception—set America back decades, and may ultimately do more damage to the nation than Nixon at his worst.   “He has become a discerning connoisseur of presidential venality.” —The New York Times   “Few critics have as effectively put the disparate pieces together.” —Publishers Weekly Read more