"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 involvement in the Watergate scandal. The first part of the book deals with the first two years 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 …showed first 75 words of 1458 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1458 total…able to resign. In a conversation he had with Henry Kissinger he asked "'will history treat me more kindly than my contemporaries?' Nixon asked, tears flooding to his eyes" (Woodward/Bernstein: 422). On August 9, 1974 Nixon resigns And Gerald L Ford becomes President. Nixon spoke with Ford just before he left "'Good luck, Mr. President,' Nixon said to Ford, staring him down. They shook hands" (Woodward/Bernstein: 456). Nixon then got on a helicopter and left.