Poisoning the press : Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the rise of Washington's scandal culture /
Feldstein, Mark Avrom.
Poisoning the press : Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the rise of Washington's scandal culture / Mark Feldstein. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. - x, 461 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0374235309 9780374235307
2010010272
Anderson, Jack, 1922-2005.
Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994 --Relations with journalists.
Journalists--United States--Biography.
Political corruption--History--United States--20th century.
Political culture--History--United States--20th century.
Political culture--History--Washington (D.C.)--20th century.
Presidents--Press coverage--United States--Case studies.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Press and politics--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.
Poisoning the press : Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the rise of Washington's scandal culture / Mark Feldstein. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. - x, 461 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0374235309 9780374235307
2010010272
Anderson, Jack, 1922-2005.
Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994 --Relations with journalists.
Journalists--United States--Biography.
Political corruption--History--United States--20th century.
Political culture--History--United States--20th century.
Political culture--History--Washington (D.C.)--20th century.
Presidents--Press coverage--United States--Case studies.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Press and politics--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.