THE EX-PRESIDENT: Watergate Recalled

Almost two years after resigning as Watergate Special Prosecutor, Leon Jaworski has finally produced his long-expected account of the anxious, turbulent, year-long investigation that he directed into the worst scandal in American history. His book The Right and The Power (Gulf Publishing Co. and Reader's Digest Press; $9.95) is a straightforward, rather dry rendering, often made even drier by lengthy quotes from legal documents. Jaworski, who is donating the royalties to his own nonprofit foundation (which supports religious and educational projects), nonetheless offers some intriguing anecdotes and pungent observations. Among them:...

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