Marshall, J: Dark Quadrant
(Sprache: Englisch)
From Truman to Trump, the deep corruption of our political leaders unveiled.
Many critiques of the Trump era contrast it with the latter half of the twentieth century, when the United States seemed governed more by statesmen than by special interests....
Many critiques of the Trump era contrast it with the latter half of the twentieth century, when the United States seemed governed more by statesmen than by special interests....
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From Truman to Trump, the deep corruption of our political leaders unveiled.Many critiques of the Trump era contrast it with the latter half of the twentieth century, when the United States seemed governed more by statesmen than by special interests. Without denying the extraordinary vigor of President Trump's assault on traditional ethical and legal norms, Jonathan Marshall challenges the myth of a golden age of American democracy. Drawing on a host of original archival sources, he tells a shocking story of how well-protected criminals systematically organized the corruption of American national politics after World War II.
Marshall begins by tracing the extraordinary scandals of President Truman, whose political career was launched by the murderous Pendergast machine in Missouri. He goes on to highlight the role of organized crime in the rise of McCarthyism during the Cold War, the near-derailment of Vice President Johnson's political career by two mob-related scandals, and Nixon's career-long associati
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Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Part I: The Truman Years2. Organized Crime and Corruption in the Truman Administration3. Anti-Communism: Mobsters, the FBI, the China LobbyPart II: From Ike to LBJ4. The Dominican Connection: Dictators, Mobsters, and Caribbean Intrigues5. The Friends of LBJ - I: Bobby Baker and the Mob 6. The Friends of LBJ - II: The Murchisons7. Henry Crown, the Chicago Outfit, and the TFX ScandalPart III: Richard Nixon8. Nixon's Caribbean Milieu, 1950-19689. In the White House: Nixon and the Mob, 1969-197410. Nixon, Howard Hughes, the CIA, and the Mob: The Road to WatergatePart IV: Conclusion11. From Ronald Reagan to Donald TrumpBibliographyNotes
Autoren-Porträt von Jonathan Marshall
Jonathan Marshall is an investigative historian and award-winning journalist who has published five previous non-fiction books. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and a variety of scholarly journals. He lives in San Anselmo, California.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jonathan Marshall
- VII, 401 Seiten, 2 Abbildungen, Maße: 23,5 x 16 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publ
- ISBN-10: 153814249X
- ISBN-13: 9781538142493
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.06.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
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