Shadow (Woodward book)
Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate is a 1999 book by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward, written with a narrative voice while utilizing firsthand interviews and news reports for its historical basis. For the 608-page book, Woodward used extensive notes and also interviewed President Ford, President Bush's chief of staff, James Baker, and other people of focus.
Its five sections cover:
- Gerald Ford - The pardoning of Richard Nixon
- Jimmy Carter - The scandals involving administrative officials Bert Lance and Hamilton Jordan
- Ronald Reagan - The Iran–Contra affair
- George H. W. Bush - The decisions behind the first Gulf War, "Passportgate" and the resignation of Naval Secretary H. Lawrence Garrett
- Bill Clinton - Whitewater controversy, Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones and Clinton's impeachment trial