"To say that Common Ground is about busing in Boston is a bit like saying that Moby Dick is about whaling in New Bedford." - back cover
Let's get one thing out of the way: it's too long. I'm not sure all the tangents are necessary, though they do help paint a clearer picture of the times (in the whole US, not merely in Idaho). Despite this length, Lukas somehow manages to make it tense. You keep reading through the diversions bec...
Superb journalism. On Watergate. Written just after Nixon's resignation. Among other things, Lukas correctly identified (in 1973)) Mark Felt as being the most likely candidate for 'Deep Throat'.
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