02326cam a22004094a 4500 114042 20230404125830.0 100318s2010 nyu b 001 0deng 16143787 Acquire 2 shelf copies policy default lcc bk 2010010272 9780374235307 DLC DLC DLC n-us--- n-us-dc 002 E 856 F312p 2010 973.924092 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, c2010. x, 461 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-440) and index. Part I: Beginnings -- 1. The Quaker and the Mormon -- Part II: Rise to power -- 2. Washington whirl -- 3. Bugging and burglary -- 4. Comeback -- Part III: Power -- 5. The president and the columnist -- 6. Revenge -- 7. Vietnam -- 8. The Anderson papers -- 9. Sex, spies, blackmail -- 10. Cat and mouse -- 11. Brothers -- 12. "Destroy this" -- 13. From burlesque to grotesque -- 14. "Kill him" -- 15. Watergate -- 16. Disgrace -- Part IV: Endings -- 17. 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. Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 Relations with journalists. Anderson, Jack, 1922-2005. Press and politics United States History 20th century. Presidents United States Press coverage Case studies. United States Politics and government 1969-1974. 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. 20150300 5529 5529 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 1 0 002 E 856 F312p 2010 00000106420 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk