"The editors artfully cull from the more than 3,500 hours of tapes a fairly coherent documentary record.the exchanges published here give a more vivid sense than most accounts of the climate of urgency, risk and anticipation that enveloped Nixon's and Kissinger's effort.  To witness these two titans of ambition, vainglory and suspicion.is to receive gritty instruction in statecraft and psychology alike." -- New York Times Book Review "Douglas Brinkley and Luke Nichter. have heroically compiled a huge, fascinating and devastatingly accurate portrait of the 37th president.groundbreaking" -- San Francisco Chronicle "A monumental accomplishment. Nichter's decade of research into the tapes has only deepened his understanding of this rich period of U.

S. history, and his collaboration with Brinkley will only enrich Americans' knowledge of the Nixon administration." -- USA Today  "An eye-opening reckoning of crimes, misdemeanors and bugging technology  40 years after Richard Nixon's ignominious departure from the White House . Essential for students of the era and fascinating for those who lived it." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review .