Poisoning the Press : : Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture
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pt. I. Beginnings. The Quaker and the Mormon -- pt. II. Rise to power. Washington whirl -- Bugging and burglary -- Comeback -- pt. III. Power. The president and the columnist -- Revenge -- Vietnam -- The Anderson papers -- Sex, spies, blackmail -- Cat and mouse -- Brothers -- "Destroy this" -- From burlesque to grotesque -- "Kill him" -- Watergate -- Disgrace -- pt. IV. Endings. Final years -- Epilogue.
Recounts not only the disturbing story of an unprecedented White House conspiracy to assassinate a journalist, but also the larger tale of the bitter quarter-century battle between the postwar era's most embattled politician, Richard Nixon, and its most reviled newsman, Jack Anderson.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: x, 461 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
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9780374235307
0374235309
SUBJECTS
Nixon, Richard M. -- 1913-1994 -- Relations with journalists.
Anderson, Jack, -- 1922-2005.
Press and politics -- History -- 20th century.
Presidents -- Press coverage -- Case studies.
Political corruption -- History -- 20th century.
Political culture -- History -- 20th century.
Political culture -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
Presidents -- Biography.
Journalists -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974.