“...would reveal some even darker secret, some larger plot.”
It has been a long time since I read the book, but the darker secret IIRC was that the military thought the State Department had too much say in the policies and wanted Nixon taken out, using Watergate as a pretense. (I think I might be way off on that, but I know the military and State did not agree on things.)
I recall years after reading the book seeing a magazine article (Time? newsweek?) where Admiral Moorer (was Woodward’s superior when he was in the Navy) was investigated for buying used (still operating) military equipment under the pretense for museums, and then selling them to foreign countries.
He replied something like “It is ludicrious and unbelieveable to think that I would buy.....”
That line in the magazine sounded REAL familiar from a few years earlier when I had read the book. I found the book, and there, where he is being accused of spying on the State Department and the president, he replies “It is ludicrous and unbelievable to think that I would spy.....”
I may be off on the “ludicrous” and “unbelievable”, but the exact wording was using in both the book (1980’s?) to the magazine article (2000’s?)
And I always wondered if Haig didn’t have it in somehow for Nixon. There was something in the book about his thirst for power, and then his “I’m in charge” comment when Reagan was shot made me think a bit.
And I always wondered if Haig didn’t have it in somehow for Nixon. There was something in the book about his thirst for power, and then his “I’m in charge” comment when Reagan was shot made me think a bit.
There was certainly something going on between Haig and Henry Kissinger. Silent Coup contains a description of a couple of incidents in which Haig intimidated Kissinger physically. He seemed to really get a kick out of threatening to beat Kissinger up.