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Presidential Payola
The True Stories of Monetary Scandals in the Oval Office That Robbed Taxpayers To Grease Palms, Stuff Pockets, and Pay for Undue Influence from Teapot Dome to Halliburton
By Craughwell, Thomas J.
- ISBN
- 978-1-59233-451-3
- Publisher
- Fair Winds: Quayside
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 19, 2011
The cataloging-in-publication for this book assigns the subheading "anecdotes" to its subject headings—and that's spot-on. The sensationalist title is inaccurate, at best. Such episodes as Teapot Dome are familiar, others less so. Many of Craughwell's (Failures of the Presidents) "scandals" don't involve money (which "payola" surely implies) and often don't even involve the President—except in the sense t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
on onMay 19, 2011 | LJXpress
The cataloging-in-publication for this book assigns the subheading "anecdotes" to its subject headings—and that's spot-on. The sensationalist title is inaccurate, at best. Such episodes as Teapot Dome are familiar, others less so. Many of Craughwell's (Failures of the Presidents) "scandals" don't involve money (which "payola" surely implies) and often don't even involve the President—except in the sense t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
