All the Pesidents Men Author:Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward The journalistic team of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward is credited with reporting the most explosive political story of the 1970s, which began as a seemingly low-level break-in at the Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C. in June, 1972, and which was to result in the resignation of President Richard "I am not a crook" Nixon. Writing in the sty... more »le of the New Journalism, which borrowed techniques from fiction, Bernstein and Woodward become characters in their own tale as they tell how, as young reporters for the esteemed Washington Post, they covered the developing story of a crime and its cover-up. Woodward and Bernstein do the legwork as they follow first the police reports and later the money trail. Just as their search for truth hits a dead end, one source--referred to only as "Deep Throat"--comes forward and, in secret meetings at clandestine locations, reveals information only an insider could know, pointing them in the direction of the Oval Office.« less