Presidential misconduct : from George Washington to today
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Warroad Public Library | 973.099 RES (Text) | 35500006185852 | Main | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 1620975491
- ISBN: 9781620975497
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Physical Description:
xxxviii, 480 pages ; 24 cm
print - Publisher: New York : New Press, 2019.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "The introduction by C. Vann Woodward and the chapters from George Washington through Lyndon B. Johnson were originally published in the United States as Responses of the Presidents to Charges of Misconduct by Dell Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1974"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary, etc.: | "A reissue of the 1974 report for the House Committee on the Judiciary updated to cover presidents Nixon through Obama"-- |
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- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2019 August #1
Historian Banner presents here essays by notable historians about instances of presidential misconduct as well as misdeeds by members of each presidential administration, with no president exempt from close examination, even the chaste George Washington. Pages devoted to presidents Grant and Nixon naturally take up primacy of space in this rigorous account, which serves better as a reference source than a cover-to-cover read. The primary lesson learned here is that hints of corruption spring up both where anticipated as well as where least expected. This book is an updated version of a report commissioned in 1974 for the House Committee on the Judiciary. Its reissue and revision make it very suitable for most history and current-events collections. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews. - Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2019 August #1
Historian Banner presents here essays by notable historians about instances of presidential misconduct as well as misdeeds by members of each presidential administration, with no president exempt from close examination, even the chaste George Washington. Pages devoted to presidents Grant and Nixon naturally take up primacy of space in this rigorous account, which serves better as a reference source than a cover-to-cover read. The primary lesson learned here is that hints of corruption spring up both where anticipated as well as where least expected. This book is an updated version of a report commissioned in 1974 for the House Committee on the Judiciary. Its reissue and revision make it very suitable for most history and current-events collections. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews.
A Guggenheim Awardâwinning historian, James M. Banner, Jr., was on the Princeton faculty in 1974 when he contributed to the presidential misconduct report and is now an independent historian in Washington, DC. He was a co-founder of the History News Service, a moving spirit behind the National History Center, the author of many books, including Being a Historian, and the editor of Presidential Misconduct: From George Washington to Today (The New Press).
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