TY - BOOK AU - Flynt,Larry AU - Eisenbach,David TI - One nation under sex: how the private lives of presidents, first ladies and their lovers changed the course of American history SN - 9780230105034 AV - 002 HQ 18 F648o 2011 U1 - 306.770973 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Sex scandals KW - United States KW - History KW - Political corruption KW - Politicians KW - Sexual behavior KW - Ethics KW - Escándalos sexuales KW - Estados Unidos KW - Corrupción política KW - Comportamiento sexual KW - Ética N1 - Ben Franklin saved the American Revolution by seducing French Women. A gay love affair between President James Buchanan and Senator William King aided the secession movement. Woodrow Wilson's girlfriend dictated his letters to the German Kaiser. And lesbian relationships inspired Eleanor Roosevelt to become a revolutionary crusader for equal rights. The colorful sex lives of America's most powerful leaders have influenced social movements, government policies, elections and even wars, yet they are so whitewashed by historians that people think Thomas Jefferson and Abe Lincoln were made of marble, not flesh and blood; Includes bibliographical references and index ER -