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Fall from Grace: Sex, Scandal and Corruption in American Politics from 1702 to the Present - Softcover

Ross, Shelley

 
9780345353818: Fall from Grace: Sex, Scandal and Corruption in American Politics from 1702 to the Present
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0345353811 ISBN 13: 9780345353818
Verlag: Ballantine Books, 1988

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Examines American political scandals, including corruption, extramarital affairs, abuses of power, and personal errors in judgement

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candal is more than accidental -- it's an American tradition!
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, such as:
"The Governor in Skirts" -- In 1702, Lord Cornbury, New York's drunken, cross-dressing Colonial governor-general, insisted on wearing formal hooped skirts and lady's accessories in public as a tribute to the fashionable Queen Anne.
"The Overzealous Colonel" -- Oliver North's predecessor in clandestine paramilitary activities was William S. Smith, in Thomas Jefferson's administration. Intent on aiding Venezuelan freedom fighters in their battle against Spanish occupation, he raised priva

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Verlag
Ballantine Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1988
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0345353811
ISBN 13 
9780345353818
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
327
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