The Scarlet Thread of Scandal: Morality and the American PresidencyRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 22.12.1999 - 224 Seiten Never before have Americans been more concerned about the moral dimensions of presidential leadership. What role should morality play in the decision making of our most powerful elected official? What did the Founders think about the significance of morality in this cherished political institution? Does the private behavior of a president influence his or her ability to lead our nation? In The Scarlet Thread of Scandal, eminent scholar Charles W. Dunn turns a penetrating eye to the history of presidential scandals to answer these and other pressing questions. Scandals are surely nothing new in the White House_ever since the creation of the republic, presidents have made morally questionable judgments, whether constitutional, ethical, legal, or personal. In eloquent and judicious prose, Dunn chronicles the numerous controversies in presidential history, paying particular attention to their impact on the American people and public memory. The Scarlet Thread of Scandal will make all Americans think differently about past, present, and future presidents. |
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... Johnson andVietnam, Nixon and Watergate, Reagan and Bush and Iran-Contra, and Clinton and Lewinsky erupted one after another on the political landscape, permanently marring the American political panorama for Democrats and Republicans ...
... Johnson andVietnam, Nixon and Watergate, Reagan and Bush and Iran-Contra, and Clinton and Lewinsky erupted one after another on the political landscape, permanently marring the American political panorama for Democrats and Republicans ...
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... Johnson and Richard M. Nixon show One was brought low by U.S. involvement in Vietnam and the other by his coverup of a bungled burglary of the Democratic Party's Watergate offices. To be successful, presidents need a firm grasp ofmoral ...
... Johnson and Richard M. Nixon show One was brought low by U.S. involvement in Vietnam and the other by his coverup of a bungled burglary of the Democratic Party's Watergate offices. To be successful, presidents need a firm grasp ofmoral ...
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... Johnson, in defense of hisVoting Rights Act of 1965, said to Congress:“For with a country as with a person, 'What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?'Above the pyramid on the great seal of the ...
... Johnson, in defense of hisVoting Rights Act of 1965, said to Congress:“For with a country as with a person, 'What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?'Above the pyramid on the great seal of the ...
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... Johnson used such titles as “War on Poverty,”“Safe Streets,”“Head Start,” and “Model Cities” for his programs. More recently, proposals by President Clinton to put a hun— dred thousand federally funded police officers on the streets and ...
... Johnson used such titles as “War on Poverty,”“Safe Streets,”“Head Start,” and “Model Cities” for his programs. More recently, proposals by President Clinton to put a hun— dred thousand federally funded police officers on the streets and ...
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... Johnson wanted to expand the national government's reg— ulatory power in American society to achieve their moral vision of equality. Harvard University political scientist Harvey Mansfield points out the repercussions of that moral ...
... Johnson wanted to expand the national government's reg— ulatory power in American society to achieve their moral vision of equality. Harvard University political scientist Harvey Mansfield points out the repercussions of that moral ...
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5 TARNISHING THE GOLDEN AGE 19611975 | 113 |
6 POSTMODERN PRESIDENTIAL MORALITY | 137 |
7 THE SEAMLESS GARMENT OF MORALITY | 165 |
NOTES | 187 |
1 THE SCARLET THREAD OF SCANDAL | 1 |
2 THE MORAL KALEIDOSCOPE | 17 |
3 ORIGINS OF MORAL CONFLICT IN THE MODERN ERA | 41 |
4 PRESIDENTIAL SCANDAL IN A GOLDEN AGE 19321960 | 79 |
5 TARNISHING THE GOLDEN AGE 19611975 | 113 |
6 POSTMODERN PRESIDENTIAL MORALITY | 137 |
7 THE SEAMLESS GARMENT OF MORALITY | 165 |
NOTES | 187 |
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