The White House Plumbers

The Seven Weeks That Led to Watergate and Doomed Nixon's Presidency

The White House Plumbers
Egil Bud Krogh, Matthew Krogh
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Paperback
h210 x 137mm - 208pg
27 Dec 2022
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9781250851628
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SOON TO BE A FIVE-PART HBO SERIES, STARRING WOODY HARRELSON AND JUSTIN THEROUXThe 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.
Egil "Bud" Krogh (1939-2020) made headlines as a Nixon Administration official who went to prison for his role in what would lead to the Watergate scandal. He was a Navy veteran, a lawyer in Seattle, a special assistant to the president, and undersecretary of Transportation. In 1973, he pled guilty to "conspiracy against rights of citizens" for his role in the 1971 break-in at the office of Dr. Lewis Fielding and served four and a half months in prison. Matthew Krogh is a professional change maker focused on issues of climate change, fossil fuels, and policy. Mostly based in Bellingham, Washington, he has spent his career in nonprofit activism at various organizations, and has worked as a freelance writer, ranger, and geographic analyst.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781250851628
Published: 27 Dec 2022
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Imprint: St Martin's Griffin
Publisher: St Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 137mm
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
Pages: 208

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