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"The final Days" by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein     "The Final Days" by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein is about former president Richard Nixon and his intimacy in the Watergate scandal. The low part of the book deals with the first cardinal eld of the Watergate Crisis and the second half is about the final 17 days of the Nixon administration.     The first part of the book deals with how Nixon dug himself deeper and deeper in the scandal through and through lies and deception. in that location is tension to every decision Nixon makes in his final month in office. Whether to resign or stay in office, surrender his private tapes, or continue the legal battle. Nixon himself even becomes a sympathetic figure through his downfall.     Richard Nixon was take president in 1968. Born into a small rotter farm in California Nixon lived on the edge of poverty. He graduated from Whittier College. After he graduated from Whittier he attended Duke University Law instill and in 1937 he graduated with honors. Nixon then went on to join the navy. Nixon won his first campaign in 1946, and became a member of the House of Representatives. He represented California his home state. Nixon was also assigned to the House un-American Activities Committee. This committee was mostly concerned with Communists in the United States. In 1950, Nixon was elected for a six-year terminus in the Senate. He only served 2 of these years, the be spent as Vice President to Eisenhower. In 1960, Eisenhowers second term was coming to an end. The Republicans chose Richard Nixon to be their presidential candidate, and the Democrats chose John F. Kennedy, Nixon barley lost the race. He once again he ran for President in 1968 and won.The Watergate complex is located on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. it contains many hotel rooms and offices. What happened in the complex on June 17, 1972 early in the morning wa s The Watergate Scandal. At approximately 230 in the morning of June 17, 1972 five hands were arrested at the Watergate Complex. These five men and two co-plotters were indicated in September 1972 on charges of burglary, conspiracy and wire-tapping. Four months later(prenominal) they were convicted and sentenced to prison terms. The five men arrested were Bernard L. Barker, Frank A. Sturgis, Virgillio R. Gonzalez, Eugenio R. Martinez, and James W. McCord, Jr. The two co-plotters were G. Gordon Liddy and E.