A delusion is a strong belief or conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary. The Watergate delusion, embraced by millions, is that swashbuckling Bob Woodward and the left confronted the malevolent Nixon administration as it cast a sinister pall over America and slayed it with the lance of truth, thereby saving democracy. But the actual evidence demonstrates that Watergate was not a shining example of democracy, and Bob Woodward’s place among the pantheon of journalistic immortals is a grift. One of the grand deceptions of Watergate is that Nixon’s enemies on the left razed his presidency, but it was actually his enemies on the right—the far right—who initially had the means, motive, and opportunity. And although Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein told numerous lies throughout their Watergate reporting, Woodward’s Big Lie was that he didn’t meet Alexander Haig until 1973. As The Truth About Watergate takes the reader on a guided tour of the extraordinary lies and liars of Watergate, its demonstrates that Woodward’s fabrication about Haig has seismic implications. If Woodward’s Big Lie about Haig had been exposed, then the synergistic mythologies of  Bob Woodward and “Deep Throat” would have been shattered and swept away by gusts of veracity. The Washington Post has scorned prior Watergate revisionist books, like Silent Coup: The Removal of a President as a conspiracy theory, but The Truth About Watergate shows The Washington Post has fervent, utilitarian motives for banishing Silent Coup to the conspiracy theory ghetto.

Nick Bryant is an author who resides in New York City. His writing has recurrently focused on the plight of disadvantaged children in the United States, and he's been published in numerous national journals, including the Journal of Professional Ethics, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, and Journal of School Health. He is the co-author of America’s Children: Triumph or Tragedy, addressing the medical and developmental problems of lower socioeconomic children in America.

Prologue Chapter 1: Welcome to the Jungle Chapter 2: The Tricky Dick Double Cross Chapter 3: The Tabernacle Choir Chapter 4: The Plumbers Chapter 5: In the Company of Men Chapter 6: The Boy Wonder Chapter 7: Honey Trap Chapter 8: The Talented Mr. Bailley Chapter 9: Triumph of the Nil Chapter 10: Gemstone 3.0 Morphs into Watergate Chapter 11: Breaking and Loitering Chapter 12: Breaking and Loitering: The Sequel Chapter 13: Revenge of the Key Chapter 14: Pandora’s Box The Truth About Watergate © 2022 Nick Bryant 6 Chapter 15: The Burning Man Chapter 16: The Plague Chapter 17: The Whole Bay of Pigs Thing Chapter 18: Pay the Piper Chapter 19: Deforestation Chapter 20: The Pugilist at Wrest Chapter 21: The Long Good Bye Chapter 22: The Berlin Wall Crumbles Chapter 23: The Iceman Cometh Chapter 24: Balderdash Bob and Deep Throat Chapter 25: Balderdash Bob and Hot Carl Forever Chapter 26: Crypto Fascism Saves Democracy Chapter 27: Saturday Night Fever Chapter 28: The Tale of the Tape Chapter 29: Guilty! Epilogue