Poisoning the press : Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the rise of Washington's scandal culture /

Poisoning the press : Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the rise of Washington's scandal culture /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feldstein, Mark Avrom
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2010]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994 > Relations with journalists.
Anderson, Jack, > 1922-2005.
Press and politics > United States > History > 20th century.
Presidents > Press coverage > United States > Case studies.
Political corruption > United States > History > 20th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Political culture > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.