Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-279) and index.
Contents
Revolutionary venom: the gentlemen's agreement from Harding to Kennedy -- Seeds of the cultural wars: the 1960s -- Watergate legacies: The post-Watergate media revolution -- The scandal cauldron: the 1980s -- To be "Borked" and "Gingriched" -- The 19902 scandal machine implosion: Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton: bookends to the scandal culture -- The Clinton "scandals": much smoke, little fire -- Death of the independent counsel statue, and good riddance -- The revolt of the center: Hypocrisies on the left and right -- The new center -- Purple nation and the "grand coalition" government.