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Scoundrels
Political Scandals in American History
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2023
Zusammenfassung
"American history buffs will savor this detailed yet accessible roundup of political imbroglios." —Publishers Weekly
Political scandals have become an indelible feature of the American political system since the creation of the republic more than two centuries ago. In his previous book, Libertines: American Political Sex Scandals from Alexander Hamilton to Donald Trump, Michael Martinez explored why public figures sometimes take extraordinary risks, sullying their good names, humiliating their families, placing themselves in legal jeopardy, and potentially destroying their political careers as they seek to gratify their sexual desires. In Scoundrels, Martinez examines thirteen of the most famous (or infamous) and not-so-famous political scandals of other sorts in American history, including the Teapot Dome case from the 1920s, the Watergate break-in and cover-up in the 1970s, the Iran-Contra affair of the 1980s, and Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Combining riveting storytelling with insights into 200 years of American political corruption, Martinez has once again written a book that will enlighten all readers interested in human nature and political history.
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Copyrightjahr
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-5381-3079-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-5381-3080-3
Verlag
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
244
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Contents Kein Zugriff
Introduction and Acknowledgments Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 12
Chapter 1 “The Day Will Come, When Another & a More Pure & Virtuous Legislature, Will Make Null & Void This Sale of Birthright” Kein Zugriff Seiten 13 - 26
Chapter 2 “If I Were to Name This, I Would Call It the Will o’ Wisp Treason” Kein Zugriff Seiten 27 - 38
Chapter 3 “Mr. Sumner, I Have Read Your Speech Twice Over Carefully. It Is a Libel on South Carolina, and Mr. Butler, Who Is a Relative of Mine” Kein Zugriff Seiten 39 - 46
Chapter 4 “Have Those Men Dismissed by 3 O’clock This Afternoon or Shut Down the Bureau” Kein Zugriff Seiten 47 - 56
Chapter 5 “Do You Believe This Man Is a Crook? If He Is a Crook, Convict Him” Kein Zugriff Seiten 57 - 74
Chapter 6 “I Am the Only Candidate Inspected by the United States Government and Found to Be 100 Percent Pure” Kein Zugriff Seiten 75 - 88
Chapter 7 “Nobody Sat Down in Front of Me with a Suitcase of Money” Kein Zugriff Seiten 89 - 100
Chapter 8 “I Am Not a Crook” Kein Zugriff Seiten 101 - 114
Chapter 9 “Money Talks in This Business, and Bullshit Walks” Kein Zugriff Seiten 115 - 122
Chapter 10 “I Have Been in Government Long Enough to Know That You Don’t Have to Ask the Question Explicitly to Know What the Message Is” Kein Zugriff Seiten 123 - 132
Chapter 11 “I Told the American People I Did Not Trade Arms for Hostages. My Heart and My Best Intentions Still Tell Me That’s True, but the Facts and the Evidence Tell Me It Is Not” Kein Zugriff Seiten 133 - 150
Chapter 12 “All He Was Worried about Was Jack. Jack Has to Get His Next Big Check” Kein Zugriff Seiten 151 - 160
Chapter 13 “Everybody’s Trying to Get Me. It’s Unfair. Now Everybody’s Saying I’m Going to Be Impeached” Kein Zugriff Seiten 161 - 180
