Shadow (Bob Woodward book)

Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate
Cover of Shadow by Bob Woodward
Author	Bob Woodward
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Political science, United States, Watergate
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	1999
Pages	608
ISBN	0-684-85262-4

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 firing of Naval Secretary H. Lawrence Garrett
Bill Clinton - Whitewater controversy, Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones and Clinton's impeachment trial

The book's final 300 pages cover Bill Clinton's administration. Nearly 100 pages are devoted to Reagan's administration. The book largely delves into the personal discussions that each president had during each issue, with no holds barred regarding profanity. Shadow was written with the research help of Jeff Glasser.

Bob Woodward bibliography

All the President's Men (1974)
The Final Days (1976)
The Brethren (1979)
Wired (1984)
Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA (1987)
The Commanders (1991)
The Agenda (1994)
The Choice (1996)
Shadow (1999)
Maestro (2000)
Bush at War (2002)
Plan of Attack (2004)
The Secret Man (2006)
State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III (2006)
The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006–2008 (2008)
Obama's Wars (2010)
The Price of Politics (2012)

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