The Scarlet Thread of Scandal: Morality and the American Presidency
- ISBN-10
- 0847696065
- ISBN-13
- 9780847696062
- Category
- Political corruption
- Pages
- 209
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Authors
- Charles W. Dunn, Charles Wythe Dunn
Description
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.
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