Originally published: 2012; with a new afterword

In this book, Dan Rather recounts his removal from the anchor chair in the wake of the controversy surrounding the story of George W. Bush and the Texas Air National Guard. He also exposes the behind-the-scenes machinations that followed. At the same time, he looks back over his entire career, from his boyhood in Houston, Texas, through his coverage of every U.S. president since Eisenhower. Along the way, he sounds a call for more investigative journalists and more in-depth reporting, even in the face of what he calls the "corporatization, politicization, and trivialization" or the news.--

Includes index

Alone -- Abu Ghraib -- George Bush and the Texas Air National Guard -- Roots -- New York, civil rights, and Dallas -- Presidents I have known, part I -- Presidents I have known, part II -- Washington, London, Vietnam -- Afghanistan -- 9/11 -- Rather v. CBS -- Reinventing Dan Rather -- Corporatization, politicization, and trivialization of the news