Blind Ambition

A six-month New York Times bestseller: “Not only the best Watergate book, but a very good book indeed” ( The Sunday Times ). As White House counsel to Richard Nixon, a young John W. Dean was one of the primary players in the Watergate scandal—and ultimately became the government’s key witness in the investigations that ended the Nixon presidency. After the scandal subsided, Dean rebuilt his career, first in business and then as a bestselling author and lecturer. But while the events were still f