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

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Recounts the bitter quarter-century battle between the postwar era's most contentious politician and its most rivaled newsman. The struggle between Richard Nixon and Jack Anderson included bribery, blackmail, burglary, spying, and sexual smears- even a White House plot to assassinate Anderson. In this riveting, real-life political drama, Mark Feldstein traces the arc of this confrontation between a vindictive president and a flamboyantly crusading muckraker.;Part I : Beginnings -- The Quaker and the Mormon -- Part II : Rise to Power -- Washington Whirl -- Bugging and Burglary -- Comeback -- Part 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 -- Part IV : Endings -- Final years -- Epilogue. Part I : Beginnings -- The Quaker and the Mormon -- Part II : Rise to Power -- Washington Whirl -- Bugging and Burglary -- Comeback -- Part 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 -- Part IV : Endings -- Final years -- Epilogue.