DARK QUADRANT ORGANIZED CRIME: War and Peace Library
Autor Jonathan Marshallen Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 apr 2021
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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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781538142493
ISBN-10: 153814249X
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield
Seria War and Peace Library
ISBN-10: 153814249X
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield
Seria War and Peace Library
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By Jonathan Marshall
Descriere
Dark Quadrant traces the systematic corruption of businesspeople and politicians from 1945 to 1974 and draws links to our current political crisis. Documenting the collaboration of Presidents Truman, Johnson, and Nixon with powerful mobsters. President Trump represents, in many ways, a twisted culmination of the forces described in this book.