President Nixon's former counsel illuminates another presidency marked by scandalWarren G. Harding may be best known as America's worst president. Scandals plagued him: the Teapot Dome affair, corruption in the Veterans Bureau and the Justice Department, and the posthumous revelation of an extramarital affair.Raised in Marion, Ohio, Harding took hold of the small town's newspaper and turned it into a success. Showing a talent for local politics, he rose quickly to the U.S. Senate. His presidential campaign slogan, "America's present need is not heroics but healing, not nostrums but normalcy," gave voice to a public exhausted by the intense politics following World War I. Once elected, he pushed for legislation limiting the number of immigrants; set high tariffs to relieve the farm crisis after the war; persuaded Congress to adopt unified federal budget creation; and reduced income taxes and the national debt, before dying unexpectedly in 1923.In this wise and compelling biography, John W. Dean—no stranger to controversy himself—recovers the truths and explodes the myths surrounding our twenty-ninth president's tarnished legacy.
John W. Dean Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)
John W. Dean is erkend voor zijn cruciale rol als adviseur van het Witte Huis tijdens de Nixon-administratie, waarin hij diep verstrikt raakte in het Watergate-schandaal. Zijn persoonlijke getuigenis biedt een inkijkje in de werking van politieke macht en de daaropvolgende doofpotaffaire, en belicht daarmee een cruciaal keerpunt in de Amerikaanse geschiedenis. Als gerespecteerd auteur en commentator houdt Dean zich nu bezig met de hedendaagse politiek, met scherpe kritiek op het conservatisme en een pleidooi voor onafhankelijk politiek denken.
Worse Than Watergate
The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush - Now With a Special New Chapter on the Historic 2004 Election
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Former White House counsel and bestselling author John Dean reveals how the Bush White House has set America back decades -- employing a worldview and tactics of deception that he claims will do more damage to the nation than Nixon at his worst.
This New York Times bestseller is an insider's account of the fall of Richard Nixon and has remained an indispensable source into Nixon's presidency. BLIND AMBITION is an autobiographical account of a young lawyer who accelerated to the top of the Federal power structure to become Counsel to the President at thirty years of age, only to discover that when reaching the top he had touched the bottom. Most striking in this chronicle is its honesty. Dean spares no one, including himself. But, as TIME magazine noted, "Dean survived, despite the opposition of powerful foes...because he had no false story to protect and he had an amazing ability to recall the truth." "(Dean's) lawyer warned him before he testified, 'Don't waste their time telling them what a nice guy you are.' He has apparently taken this advice to heart." (New York Times Book Review)