Fall from grace : sex, scandal, and corruption in American politics from 1702 to the present

Book 1988

"Political misdeeds are older than the republic. Throughout history an aggressive news media has consistently exposed irregularities and illegalities on all sides -- helping to shape our perceptions about politics and politicians. This fact-filled book names the names and sets the scenes -- from almost every presidential administration -- letting loose history's best-kept secrets and most infamous scandals...Drawing comparisons between malfeasanc...

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ISBN:

9780345353818

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xxi, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Target Audience Note:

Adult

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-314) and index

Contents:

A Timeline of American Scandals
Introduction
"We The People ... ": Scandals of Colonial America
"Pursuing Judgment Rather than Passion": Scandals in the Life and Times of George Washington
"The Intercourse with Mrs. Reynolds, in the Meantime Continued": Scandals in the Life and Times of Alexander Hamilton
"My Head and My Heart": Scandals in the Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson
"The World is Tired of Us": Scandals in the Life and Times of the Adams Family
"God Help the Women who Must Live in Washington": Scandals in the Life and Times of Andrew Jackson
A Heartbeat Away: Scandals in the Lives and Times of Martin Van Buren and John Tyler
"Corruption Beyond Example": Scandals in the Life and Times of James Buchanan
"It Would Stink in the Nostrils of the American People": Scandals in the Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln
"Letters Delivered All Right": Scandals in the Life and Times of Ulysses S. Grant
"Bulldozing" and the "Fire of Lawless Passion": Scandals in the Lives and Times of Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield
"Tell the Truth": Scandals in the Life and Times of Grover Cleveland
"Exposed and Confessed Unchastity": More Scandals in the Gilded Age
"You Can't Cast the Man as Romeo"" Scandals in the Life and Times of Woodrow Wilson
"The Great Morality Panic of 1924": Scandals in the Life and Times of Warren G. Harding
An Unwritten Code of Privacy: Scandals in the Life and Times of Franklin D. Roosevelt
"A Gift Is Not Necessarily a Bribe": Scandals in the Life and Times of Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower
A Tarnished Camelot: Scandals in the Life and Times of John F. Kennedy
"Move Over, This Is Your President": Scandals in the Life and Times of Lyndon Baines Johnson
"Obscene Matters": Scandals in the Life and Times of J. Edgar Hoover
"I Am Not a Crook": Scandals in the Life and Times of Richard M. Nixon
Post-Watergate Morality: Scandals in the Life and Times of Gerald R. Ford
"I've Committed Adultery in My Heart Many Times": Scandals in the Life and Times of Jimmy Carter
"Country Club Morality": Scandals in the Life and Times of Ronald Reagan
"Let the People Decide": Scandals of the 1988 Presidential Campaign
References
Index

LCCN:

87091422

Control Number:

3262145

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