Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy

by G. Gordon Liddy

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An autobiography discussing his personal life and convictions and, also telling what he was, what he became, and what he did for the government in relation to Watergate and other public issues.

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pszolovits | Feb 3, 2021 |

And how would you like your rat prepared, sir? I'm sure the sommelier will also have a recommendation...Beside eating a rodent to overcome his childhood fear, the other impression I keep of Mr. Liddy is not from the book, but from the inaugural episode of Bill Maher's "Politically Incorrect" when the show switched from cable to free TV, and was still worth watching. Liddy was a guest, and the host tried in vain to provoke him into saying something outrageous. The man is a mother lode of outrage, but he does nothing unless it's his idea, which the book demonstrates, His ideas of honor and integrity are also very much his own, and he does a clear, though not convincing, job of conveying them. If for no other reason, he shows by contrast with current right-wing clowns how far conservatism has decayed. (

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teagueamania | Jul 13, 2010 |

Many years later this is still a shocking book. There is a detailed description of the Breakin. However Liddy's casual statements about killing journalist Anderson, love of guns is shocking. Truly shocking. That Americans had such men in the White House is shameful. (

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carterchristian1 | Dec 4, 2009 |

G. Gordon Liddy is, of course, very strange. But this is a good book. He toots his own horn quite a bit, but it's still an interesting read. His perception of his role in the Watergate Scandal differs somewhat from others' perception, so be skeptical of what he says. (

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When I was in my early teens, some mischievous adult gave me Liddy's book, and it changed my life. I couldn't stand Liddy's politics – not many sane people can – but his life story was powerfully written, weirdly touching, inspirational. And the ending featured the kind of fantastical plot twist that only real life can provide.

Liddy, a lifelong law enforcement goon, spent his whole early adulthood crafting a tough guy persona to match his loony rightist-paranoia ethos, only to be tossed in post-middle age in federal prison, where all his paranoid fantasies suddenly become reality.

And he loved it there. If you believe the book, Liddy flourished as an inmate, finding himself as a person and hilariously leading prison revolts, executing Watergate-style break-ins into prison offices, lying in wait for shank-fights and becoming one of the most prolific jailhouse lawyers of all time.

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In July of 1973 Stewart Alsop wrote me a letter that said, in part: “It has long seemed to me that your powerful personality played an important part in the episode which has now generated a great constitutional crisis.

Something different: strange, alien, ominous.

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He paused and studied me quietly. Finally he spoke. “You are a very violent man. I can see it in your eyes.”

“I control it.”

“You must. If you ever use what I teach you to take advantage of the weak, I’ll find you wherever you are and kill you myself.”

As Adolf Hitler was referred to throughout the Third Reich as simply der Fuhrer, so J. Edgar Hoover was referred to throughout the FBI as the Director. There were only a few of us, six thousand out of 180 million, to stand between out country and those who would destroy it. I was truly convinced we were an elite corps, America’s protective echelon, its Schutzstaffel.

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