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.

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Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994 --Relations with journalists.
Anderson, Jack, 1922-2005.


Press and politics United States--History--20th century.
Presidents--Press coverage--United States--Case studies.
Political corruption--History--United States--20th century.
Political culture--History--United States--20th century.
Political culture--History--Washington (D.C.)--20th century.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Journalists--United States--Biography.
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United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.

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