This is a very difficult book to review. It touches on many issues of importance to thinking individuals, and yet it has a unique methodological approach that raises questions. As he suggests in the title, Rangell seeks to explore the phenomenon of compromise of integrity by studying the Watergate incident. Yet he notes that he had "no private information about any of the individuals involved in the Watergate phenomenon." He obtained "all the data in this book … from public sources" (p. 305). I understand what he means, but it is inevitable that his own responses, as well as those of his colleagues, patients, and friends, should make a contribution to his "data." He does study "the manner in which what was available was distorted, or not received at all." Questions have to be raised about the reliability of information that is mainly derived from the media—especially from newspapers and magazines. So my