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Nixon's Secrets: The Rise, Fall, and Untold Truth about the President, Watergate, and the Pardon Kindle Edition

by Mike Colapietro Roger Stone (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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"We appreciate Roger Stone, he is one tough cookie." - President Trump

Learn the inside scoop on Watergate, the Ford Pardon, and the 18 ½ minute Gap.

Roger Stone, The New York Times bestselling author of The Man Who Killed Kennedy—the Case Against LBJ, gives the inside scoop on Nixon’s rise and fall in Watergate in his new book Nixon’s Secrets. Stone charts Nixon’s rise from election to Congress in 1946 to the White House in 1968 after his razor-thin loss to John Kennedy in 1960, his disastrous campaign for Governor of California in 1962 and the greatest comeback in American Presidential history.

“Just as the assassination of JFK prevents a balanced analysis of Kennedy and his times, the myth of Watergate prevents a reappraisal of our 37th President.” said Stone who’s book on LBJ was the second biggest selling book during the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s murder.

Stone reveals how the Kennedy’s wiretapped Nixon’s hotel room the night before the Nixon-Kennedy debate, and stole Nixon's medical records from his psychiatrist’s office. Stone lays out how Kennedy running mate Lyndon Johnson stole Texas from JFK through vote fraud while Mayor Richard Daley stole Illinois, and how JFK actually lost the popular vote.

Stone looks at the Nixon Presidency: the desegregation of the public schools, the progressive social programs, Nixon's struggle to end the war in Vietnam, the historic SALT arms reduction agreement with Russia, the saving of Israel in the Six Days War, the opening to China, and the disastrous decision to take America off the Gold standard.

“The mainstream media’s interpretation of the facts surrounding the Watergate episode are a fantastic and grotesque distortion of historical truth,” said Stone. “Cursory examination of the facts in Watergate will reveal that the actions which caused the fall of Nixon cannot be reduced to the simplistic account summarized by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post.”

The author outlines how White House Counsel John Dean, planned, pushed and covered-up the Watergate break-in , then sought to avoid responsibility for it. Stone examines the bungled Watergate break-in to determine what exactly Nixon’s agents were looking for and how the CIA infiltrated the burglar team and sabotaged the break-in to gain leverage over Nixon. Find out why Nixon demanded the CIA turn over the records of the Bay of Pigs and Kennedy Assassination.

Learn how a cabal of military and intelligence hard-liners spied on and
undermined Nixon to stop his pro-peace détente foreign policy, his withdrawal of troops from Vietnam, his arms limitation agreement with the Soviets, and his opening to Red China. Discover how Vice President Spiro Agnew was setup to move him out of the line of presidential succession.

Stone makes the compelling case that General Alexander Haig orchestrated Nixon’s removal from office in a coup d’état and brokered the deal for his pardon. Finally the public will learn what is on the 18 ½ minute gap in the White House Tapes.

Stone, a Washington Insider for forty years, outlines why FBI Man Mark Felt is not deep throat, why there is no deep throat, and why Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein lie about it even today.

Stone reveals how Nixon used the dark secrets he knew to avoid prosecution by blackmailing Gerald Ford for a full, free and unconditional pardon. Nixon’s secret would not only destroy his presidency—it would save him from prison and allow him to launch his final comeback—advising President Bill Clinton on Foreign Affairs despite Hillary’s attempts to block him and her being fired from the 1974 House Impeachment Committee for lying and violating Nixon’s rights.
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Roger Stone’s contribution to the genre Nixon’s Secrets: The Rise, Fall, and Untold Truth about the President, Watergate, and the Pardon is as fascinating as it is unique. Roger Stone has written a jewel of a political book. The memoir that Stone has written is a decidedly no-spin recounting of the Nixon he admired and knew so well along with the events of Nixon’s quite public and historic life."

—Jeffrey Lord, former Reagan White House Political Director for the East Orlando Post


"Roger Stone offers a compelling alternative history and backs it with research. He revives politics of the tumultuous 70's. His Nixon is great and tragic."

—Judge Andrew Napolitano, FOX NEWS Legal Analyst


"Compelling reading from GOP Political Mastermind Roger Stone. Stone makes it clear that he hasn't written a sanitized version of Nixon's political life, 'nor is it an attempt to rehabilitate his reputation. Don't expect a whitewash of Nixon's sins because 'no man is a hero to his valet.' On balance, he conclude that Nixon's greatness and his vision for a global political realignment to achieve world peace must be viewed as well as his numerous mistakes."

—Nancy Smith, Executive Editor at Sunshine State News


"Stone, a hard-ball player exposes John Dean as a self-serving liar who planned, pushed and covered up the Watergate Break in for his own agenda. Stone builds on the work of Len Colodny, James Hougan, Douglas Caddy, James Rosen and Phil Stanford to prove Dean is the real weasel of Watergate."

—The Broward Bugle


"All in all, this book certainly merits a five star, excellent review for the wealth of new information it contains. It certainly clears up a lot of remaining questions as to "what really happened" in the Watergate case, mostly caused by a lot of confusion and misdirection owed into the story by Messrs, Woodward, and Bernstein. Above all else, the book sets the record straight in relation to the prevarications of John Dean, as when he called Dean's book (misnamed The Nixon Defense) 'an all-out attack on President Nixon.' It's far more accurate to see the book as Dean's defense, his last and best effort to paint a picture of how an innocent young lawyer suddenly and unexpectedly found himself in the midst of a cabal of evil-doers--and how he alone struggled to do the right thing...

Do not be put off by the reviews that complain of poor editing; there are a few redundancies and a misspelling or grammar error here and there but to state that these discredit the book is such overkill that it seems more like the kind of whining that one resorts to when there is nothing more substantive to say. In some of these cases, in fact, it is necessary to repeat, or refer to, a past reference maybe 50 pages back, in order to make another point and that should not be considered a 'redundancy' as I think some have done."

—Phillip F. Nelson, Author of LBJ: The Mastermind of the JFK Assassination and LBJ: From Mastermind to "The Colossus"


"I knew Nixon in the late 80's. I met him in George Steinbrenner's box at Yankee Stadium. Roger Stone nails it. He really understands Nixon."

—Donald J. Trump , President of The Trump Organization


"Roger Stone tells the unvarnished truth about Tricky Dick, the Bay of Pigs, the JFK assassination, Watergate and the secret deal with Gerald Ford for a pardon."

—Governor Jesse Ventura


"A must read for the political junkie. Nitpickers complain about editing errors from a underground publisher but the material is gold. Stone is candid about Nixon's drinking, his long term Chinese mistress and his hard-ball tactics. The Kennedys emerge as villains who stole the 1960 election."

—South Florida Post


"If you want to know what happened at Watergate read this book."

—Eugenio Martinez, Watergate Burglar, Age 92

About the Author

Roger Stone is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ. He is a legendary political operative who served as a senior campaign aide to Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Senator Bob Dole. Stone would parlay being the youngest staff member of the Committee to Re-Elect the President into being a confidant and adviser to the ex-president. A veteran of eight national presidential campaigns, Stone writes for the Daily Caller and Fox Opinion online.

Mike Colapietro is an investigative journalist and researcher who received his bachelor’s from Eastern Connecticut State and is studying for his master’s from the University of South Florida. His work has appeared in the Tampa Bay Times, in Smoke Magazine, and on Yahoo.com.

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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 11, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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    Roger Stone is a seasoned political operative, speaker, pundit, and New York Times Bestselling Author featured in the Netflix documentary “Get me Roger Stone”. A veteran of ten national presidential campaigns, he served as a senior campaign aide to four Republican presidents including Nixon, Reagan and Donald J. Trump. Mr. Stone served as Chairman of Donald Trump’s Presidential Exploratory Committee in 2000 and Strategic Consultant in 2012.

    An outspoken libertarian, he is the author of the New York Times bestseller “The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ”, the Clinton’s War on Women, The Bush Crime Family, and the Making of the President 2016- How Donald Trump Orchestrated a Revolution. Mr. Stone has written for Fox Opinion, Infowars, Breitbart News, StoneZone, the Daily Caller, and the New York Times.

    A well-known voice in politics for over forty years, Roger Stone often gives insights on behind-the-scenes political agendas at StoneColdTruth.com and StoneZone.com, as well as InfoWars.com, where he hosts an hour long show five days a week. Follow him at StoneColdTruth.com

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Kelly D. Johnston
5.0 out of 5 stars "Nixon book to end all Nixon books," a Magnificent read
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2014
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Just finished Nixon's Secrets, and as a long time political practitioner (36 congressional and Senate campaigns in 25 states over 25 years, etc.) and student of Nixon, I have but one word to describe it: Masterpiece. It is a compelling, even gripping read that is very well documented from a variety of researchers. And Roger Stone and Mike Colapietro spare no sacred cows in the long, even sordid history of skulduggery that continues to permeate the media and the political classes, including the legendary Bob Woodward. Having been around many of the people described in the book (including working for one of them), his observations are insightful and largely accurate, if not widely shared. More importantly, he offers new information and insights not previously shared but help make even the most astute observers understand why things happened the way they did, and who were the people behind the stories. I personally found his insights about Alexander Haig and Woodward to be most interesting. There have been many books about the former President, and of course he was one of our most prolific writers ever out of office, but this is the "Nixon book to end all Nixon books."
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Gregory A. F.
4.0 out of 5 stars Nixon's The One
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2016
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With the current GOP Presidential primary cycle playing out, I decided to re-visit the last time the GOP seemed poised to come apart at the seams - the Watergate scandal and the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon. I did so in the form of Nixon's Secrets from Skyhorse Publishing by Roger Stone with Mike Colapietro.

For the uninitiated, Roger Stone has been a fixture in GOP politics for a generation. His consulting firm, Black, Manafort & Stone played a pivotal role in GOP strategy and tactics during the Reagan years. In Nixon's Secrets, Stone offers students of modern political history a gossipy, freewheeling no holds barred insider account of Nixon's rise to national status during the Eisenhower years, his fall and exile following the loss to John F. Kennedy in 1960, and his Phoenix like rise from the ashes to the 1968 GOP Presidential nomination and razor thin victory over Hubert Humphrey in the general election.

Do not lose sight of how close Nixon came in 1968 to becoming the Buffalo Bills of modern politics in squeaking past Humphrey to gain the prize he had so long sought - the White House. Nor should one lose sight of how close Nixon came to vanquishing John Kennedy in 1960. Had it not been for the wholesale election fraud in Texas and Illinois, Nixon would have become President in 1961 with modern history forever altered. No Kennedy. No Camelot. No Dealy Plaza. No Warren Commission.

Stone covers the Nixon era using a variety of published Nixon scholarship and source material, from books to magazines and websites. There is no President in the modern era more discussed and written about than Richard Nixon. Stone draws from a substantial bibliography, from Aitken to Brody, to Tom Wicker and Raymond Price and Bill Safire to name just a few. To weave his account of the Watergate scandal, Stone draws heavily on alternate historical accounts of the infamous burglary, including Silent Coup by Len Colodney, which posits an alternate narrative regarding the role of John Dean in the White House Plumbers, Nixon's impeachment and resignation.

Nixon's Secrets unfolds at an orderly pace, following Nixon's remarkable 40 plus year chronology on the national political scene. His rise to the US Senate and the VP spot under Ike, the campaign in 1960 against the Kennedy machine, his narrow loss, followed by his disasterous run at the California gubenatorial election in 1962 and the famous declaration by Nixon to the press that they would not have Nixon to "kick around anymore."

Where Nixon's Secrets really takes off at high speed is in the chapters dedicated to the Nixon White House of the early 70's and circumstances leading up to the break in at the Watergate HQ of the Democrat National Committee. Here, readers have to hold onto their hats because the stories and insights come fast and furious:

-The treasonous plot by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to purloin documents from the Nixon National Security Council and to funnel them to reporters in order to discredit the Nixon foreign policy.

-The Pentagon Papers and the break in at the offices of Daniel Ellsburg's psychiatrist.

-The role of John Dean and Project Gemstone which led to the Plumbers unit and the break in at the Watergate.

-The role of Alexander Haig in the Nixon resignation and pardon, and how VP Agnew had to be cleared away to get Gerald Ford in position to succeed Nixon.

Along the way, Stone shatters many of the prevailing media narratives about the Watergate scandal. The received wisdom is not what you came to know from Woodward and Bernstein's All the President's Men book and movie. In fact, the Woodstein account barely scratches the surface of twenty years of Cold War deception, subterfuge and intrigue, all of which Stone dives into. John Dean, hero to the anti-Nixon left, does not come away unscathed in the Stone account of this period. The role of Dean's girlfriend, then wife, Maureen raises many substantial questions about what in fact the Watergate burglars were in search of in the first place.

This is no doubt the biggest question I've had over the years about the Watergate debacle: what exactly was this mysterious burglary all about? What exactly were they looking for? And why was the office of Lawrence O'Brien, the DNC chair, left untouched?

And oh, by the way, why is it that the Watergate burglars included a number of individuals connected with the disasterous Bay of Pigs invasion - the CIA sponsored debacle to topple Fidel Castro in Cuba? And when President Nixon is heard on the Oval Office tapes in what is know today as the "smoking gun," agreeing to a plan to throw the FBI off the Watergate trail by invoking the CIA and national security implications, what exactly was Nixon thinking? It's not what you may think. Stone explains all this and more.

If you think you understand all there is to understand about Watergate and our 37th President, think again, and read this book. I will point out that Stone could have used a skilled copy editor to catch the numerous typo's, missed attributions and repeated phrases that plague this otherwise fascinating account. For example, the role of Rear Admiral Robert O. Welander in the NSC document scandal begins with the omission of Welander's first name, and the misspelling of his last name. But Stone's narrative is so relentlessly fascinating, the reader is more confounded than angry. Note to Skyhorse publishing: hire a skilled copy editor for future Stone accounts.

Sadly, most of the key figures surrounding Nixon's political career have passed from the scene, including of course Nixon himself in 1994. For history's sake, the convential wisdom about Watergate and Nixon, established by the mainstream media, a force so openly hostile to Nixon in the first place, simply must be challenged openly and on a factual basis. This is what Stone does quite effectively. You will come away astonished at the behind the scenes manipulations and infighting in the White House. More than anything else, you will understand Nixon as a man of great statesmanship and geopolitical insight, but with with his own faults and shortcomings. The book is not a whitewash. Nixon's faults are explored as much as his accomplishments. But Nixon's Secrets shatters the simplistic Watergate good guy - bad guy narrative almost completely. In this respect, Roger Stone has done history a great service.
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Joel Spring
3.0 out of 5 stars Revealing
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2018
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Stone provides a great case that it was John Dean who orchestrated Watergate and the cover up. Although, Nixon was shady we learn in Stone's book that Nixon was only doing what many other Presidents before him had done. Nixon was just the unlucky President who got caught. The reality is, if the truth had been known, we would have experienced many other Watergates before Nixon. Stone's book goes off subject at times and can be very difficult to follow. However, it is quite informative enough for me to at least give it a three star rating.
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Fran Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars Finding out the real story about Richard Nixon
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2018
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This book was very informative. I learned more about the real Richard Nixon than ever before. I learned more about the truth behind the stories than what the played on television . I think everyone should read this book from a historical perspective to find out more of the facts. Txt his book helped outline the shaping of Richard Nixon and what made him tick . It also shows how a man was brought down by issues that others had also done but rose up again from the ashes. He was a remarkable politician, diplomat and mentor. A great read!!!!
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Charles B Shaw
4.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing Read. Miserable Editing & Proofing
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2015
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How a "New York Times Best-Selling Author" can pen a book largely culled from secondary and tertiary sources and still riddle it with multiply-repeated passages and glaring, egregious typos, will haunt me for a long time. Stone's publisher should be dragged out in the street and shot in the ass with a pellet gun. Stone too for not proofing his own book. That being said, Roger Stone is the most honest and courageous Conservative writer I've ever read. He pulls no punches with his version of history -- a version which clashes strongly with the received official narrative -- which (thank god) does not parrot such inanities as the Warren Commission and All The President's Men, which are two of the main CIA cover/whitewash stories of American post-war history. Stone is not afraid to hold historical figures accountable, even beloved ones. In an Age of Universal Deceit and Obfuscation, Stone's book is that rare work of fearless honesty which actually kinda made me *like* Nixon a bit. Anyone with the courage to hold the CIA accountable for its many evils while at the same time demythologizing psychopaths like LBJ can date my sister any day.
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Adirondack Al
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent academic treatise that reads like a novel
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2014
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History will show this book to be a window into the era. It was fascinating to learn that many things I may have just vaguely suspected were in fact true. Additionally, the author's portrayal of the personalities of the players give you the impression of being there. As a young Lieutenant in the Army back in the day,I had the opportunity to meet,however briefly Gen Alexander Haig at a Dining In ceremony celebrating the birthday of the Army when he left the White House to come to Europe. The Gen Haig I met in Heidelberg mirrored the portrayal in this book. Fascinating indeed. This book is a must read.
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Anthony Sakalauskas
4.0 out of 5 stars The book would have been better if it had half as many pages
Reviewed in Canada on September 25, 2014
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Too much padding. The book would have been better if it had half as many pages. There are mistakes in grammar and spelling. The book should have been edited before it was published.
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Mr R Haldenby
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to put down, and easy history to read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2015
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The writer may repeat himself a little, and some pages needed better editing, but the fact were astounding, and Nixon comes out of the Watergate ordeal with some grace.
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Michael Corbett
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2016
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