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    31 Days: Gerald Ford, the Nixon Pardon and a Government in Crisis
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    31 Days: Gerald Ford, the Nixon Pardon and a Government in Crisis

    Written by Barry Werth

    Narrated by Robertson Dean

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    In 31 Days, Barry Werth takes readers inside the White House during the tumultuous days following Nixon's resignation and the swearing-in of America's "accidental president," Gerald Ford. The congressional hearings, Nixon's increasing paranoia, and, finally, the devastating revelations of the White House tapes had torn the country apart. Within the White House and the Republican Party, Nixon's resignation produced new fissures and battle lines-and new opportunities for political advancement.

    Ford had to reassure the nation and the world that he would attend to the pressing issues of the day, from resolving the legal questions surrounding Nixon's role in Watergate, to dealing with the wind down of the Vietnam War, the precarious state of détente with the Soviet Union, and the ongoing attempts to stabilize the Middle East. Within hours of Nixon's departure from Washington, Ford began the all-important task of forming an inner circle of trusted advisers.

    In richly detailed scenes, Werth describes the often vicious sparring among two mutually distrustful staffs-Nixon's and Ford's vice presidential holdovers-and a transition team that included Donald Rumsfeld (then Nixon's ambassador to NATO) and Rumsfeld's former deputy, the thirty-three-year-old coolly efficient Richard Cheney. The first detailed account of the ruthless maneuvering and day-to-day politicking behind everything from the pardon of Nixon to why George H. W. Bush was passed over for the vice presidency, to the rise of a new cadre of Republican movers and shakers, 31 Days offers a compelling perspective on a fascinating but relatively unexamined period in American history and its impact on the present.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 11, 2006
    ISBN9781415934050
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    31 Days: Gerald Ford, the Nixon Pardon and a Government in Crisis
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    Barry Werth

    Barry Werth is an award-winning journalist and the acclaimed author of seven books. His landmark first book, The Billion-Dollar Molecule, recounts the founding and early struggles of a start-up pharmaceutical company. Werth’s articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and GQ, among others. He has taught journalism and nonfiction writing at Smith, Mount Holyoke, and Boston University. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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    • 3/5
      Werth's book is interesting, as it dissects the first month of Gerald Ford's presidency, but perhaps because I lived through that period, I did not find myself curious about the small details Werth investigates and reports.
    • 4/5
      Not quite finished with this book but I'm really enjoying it so far. I was 12 when Watergate happened and I was at summer camp with Erlichman's daughter when her dad was being sentenced so I've always been interested in that period but I was too young to actually understand it. In many ways, this book is filling in my lack of knowledge of those events. Easy reading (or "listening", actually, since I listened to the audiobook version) and I recommend this book for anyone interested in that era.