I never cease to be amazed at the People's willingness to accept information at face value. This book avoids and does not even discuss other views of the Watergate break-in -- some of them quite credible or at least worthy of discussion. Read "Secret Agenda" by Jim Houghan and "Silent Coup." Whether you agree with these sources or not ("Secret Agenda," in particular, is thoroughly researched and totally credible) it is Fred Emery's job as author of a supposedly up-to-date treatise on Watergate to either concur with or refute these established sources. The bottom line is this: there is much more to the Watergate story than is presented in this book. John Dean has never come clean on a number of important details, and the reson for the break in is still shrouded in mystery -- a mystery that this book does absolutely nothing to dispel.