John w dean b 1938 served as white house counsel for president richard nixon from 1970 to 1973 during the watergate scandal his senate testimony helped lead to nixons resignation dean has written about watergate in his new york times bestsellers blind ambition and the nixon defense. John w dean b 1938 served as white house counsel for president richard nixon from 1970 to 1973 during the watergate scandal his senate testimony helped lead to nixons resignation dean has written about watergate in his new york times bestsellers blind ambition and the nixon defense. Blind ambition the white house years john w dean open road media dec 20 2016 biography autobiography 504 pages 3 reviews a six month new york times bestseller not only the best watergate book but a very good book indeed the sunday times. John w dean b 1938 served as white house counsel for president richard nixon from 1970 to . Blind ambition the white house years item preview remove circle share or embed this item embed embed for wordpresscom hosted blogs and archiveorg item description tags want more advanced embedding details examples and help no favorite share flag flag this item for