All the President's Men is written by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. It is 382 pages in length. Warner Books published the version I read, although numerous other publishing companies have published it over the years.
Woodward and Bernstein are clearly the most qualified people to write a book about the Watergate scandal and the events surrounding it because they are credited with breaking the story. In 1972, Woodward and Bernstein were involved in a story about the arrest of several Democrats who broke into and burglarized the Watergate. From there the story took off and led to the breakthrough in the scandal involving President Richard Nixon and part of his staff.
Bob Woodward has co-authored several other books concerning the White House, including The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House which provided analysis an "insider's view of a chaotic Clinton White House based on his unusual access to people within Clinton's own staff." Carl Bernstein has also co-authored a variety of books dealing with public figures, as well as Into the Buzzsaw : Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press, an anthology of journalist's reflecting on how news stories are commonly squelched due to corporate interest. The two joined forces again to write The Final Days, another look at the Deep Throat story.
The book is the true story of the break-in at Watergate, the headquarters for the Democratic Party, and the scandal involving President Richard Nixon that followed. It is told in the third person from the point of view of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two junior reporters who uncovered the story. In the beginning, Woodward is sent to cover the break in story, which is thought to be a relatively minor event. He is less than thrilled to be covering it, but when he learns that top defense lawyers have been called in, and that several high profile Republicans are being accused of involvement, he believes...