Political scandals have become an indelible feature of the American political system since the creation of the republic more than two centuries ago. This book surveys both the most infamous scandals (e.g., Watergate and the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair) as well as more obscure episodes (e.g., the Daniel Sickles and Philip Barton Key II incident, and the Yazoo land fraud) in an effort to understand how these incidents have altered the course of American political history.
Political scandals have become an indelible feature of the American political system since the creation of the republic more than two centuries ago. This book surveys both the most infamous scandals (e.g., Watergate and the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair) as well as more obscure episodes (e.g., the Daniel Sickles and Philip Barton Key II incident, and the Yazoo land fraud) in an effort to understand how these incidents have altered the course of American political history.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Introduction and Acknowledgments Chapter 1: "The Day Will Come When Another and More Pure & Virtuous Legislature, Will Make Null & Void This Sale of Birthright":The Yazoo Land Fraud Chapter 2: "If I Were to Name This, I Would Call It the Will o' Wisp Treason": The Aaron Burr Conspiracy 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": The Caning of Charles Sumner Chapter 4: "Have Those Men Dismissed by 3 O'clock This Afternoon or Shut Down the Bureau": Grant Administration Scandals of the 1870s Chapter 5: "Do You Believe This Man is Crook? If He is a Crook, Convict Him": The Teapot Dome Scandal Chapter 6: "I Am the Only Candidate Inspected by the United States Government and Found to be 100 Percent Pure.": William "Wild Bill" Langer Chapter 7: "Nobody Sat Down in Front of Me with a Suitcase of Money": Spiro Agnew Chapter 8: "I Am Not a Crook": The Watergate Scandal Chapter 9: "Money Talks in This Business, and Bullshit Walks": The Abscam Scandal 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": The Savings & Loan Scandal 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": The Iran-Contra Affair Chapter 12: "All He Was Worried About was Jack. Jack Has to Get His Next BigCheck": Jack Abramoff and Influence Peddling Chapter 13: "Everybody's Trying to Get Me. It's Unfair. Now Everybody's Saying I'mGoing to be Impeached": 2016 Russian Election Interference Afterword References About the Author
Introduction and Acknowledgments Chapter 1: "The Day Will Come When Another and More Pure & Virtuous Legislature, Will Make Null & Void This Sale of Birthright":The Yazoo Land Fraud Chapter 2: "If I Were to Name This, I Would Call It the Will o' Wisp Treason": The Aaron Burr Conspiracy 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": The Caning of Charles Sumner Chapter 4: "Have Those Men Dismissed by 3 O'clock This Afternoon or Shut Down the Bureau": Grant Administration Scandals of the 1870s Chapter 5: "Do You Believe This Man is Crook? If He is a Crook, Convict Him": The Teapot Dome Scandal Chapter 6: "I Am the Only Candidate Inspected by the United States Government and Found to be 100 Percent Pure.": William "Wild Bill" Langer Chapter 7: "Nobody Sat Down in Front of Me with a Suitcase of Money": Spiro Agnew Chapter 8: "I Am Not a Crook": The Watergate Scandal Chapter 9: "Money Talks in This Business, and Bullshit Walks": The Abscam Scandal 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": The Savings & Loan Scandal 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": The Iran-Contra Affair Chapter 12: "All He Was Worried About was Jack. Jack Has to Get His Next BigCheck": Jack Abramoff and Influence Peddling Chapter 13: "Everybody's Trying to Get Me. It's Unfair. Now Everybody's Saying I'mGoing to be Impeached": 2016 Russian Election Interference Afterword References About the Author
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