Scandal : how "gotcha" politics is destroying America / Lanny Davis.

Author/Creator:

Davis, Lanny J.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Format/Description:

Book
xv, 288 p. ; 25 cm.

Subjects:

Scandals -- United States.
Political culture -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-

Contents:

Revolutionary venom: the gentlemen's agreement from Harding to Kennedy
Seeds of the cultural wars: the 1960s
Watergate legacies: The post-Watergate media revolution
The scandal cauldron: the 1980s
To be "Borked" and "Gingriched"
The 19902 scandal machine implosion: Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton: bookends to the scandal culture
The Clinton "scandals": much smoke, little fire
Death of the independent counsel statue, and good riddance
The revolt of the center: Hypocrisies on the left and right
The new center
Purple nation and the "grand coalition" government.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index.

ISBN:

1403974950 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

68416939

Publisher Number:

9781403974952

Web link:

Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

Online:

Table of contents only
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2006043605-t.html

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