A Time of Scandal : Charles R. Forbes, Warren G. Harding, and the Making of the Veterans Bureau /

"In the early 1920s, with the nation still recovering from World War I, President Warren G. Harding founded a huge new organization to treat disabled veterans: the US Veterans Bureau, now known as the Department of Veterans Affairs. He appointed his friend, decorated veteran Colonel Charles R....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stevens, Rosemary, 1935- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Harding, Warren G. > (Warren Gamaliel), > 1865-1923.
Forbes, Charles R., > 1878-1952.
Harding, Warren G. > (Warren Gamaliel), > 1865-1923 > Friends andassociates.
Forbes, Charles R., > 1878-1952 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Harding, Warren G > (Warren Gamaliel), > 1865-1923 > friends & associates.
Harding, Warren G. > (Warren Gamaliel), > 1865-1923 > Friends and associates.
United States. > Veterans Bureau.
Scandals.
Politics and government.
Friendship.
Scandales > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Scandals > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1921-1923.
United States > Politics and government > 1921-1923.
Comptes rendus de proces et d'arbitrage.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. American dreams
  • Hidden stories, fateful meetings
  • Washington, DC, March-April 1921
  • The dream of efficiency in government
  • Part II. Reality checks
  • Harding's flagship program, the US Veterans Bureau
  • High stakes: controlling veterans hospitals
  • Hype, hooch and the art of the con
  • Part III. Winds of change
  • Taking a friend on a business trip west
  • Harding resurgent: White House versus Forbes
  • Transitions in 1923: Forbes's resignation to Harding's death
  • Part IV. Scandal time
  • Coolidge, common cause and the politics of scandal
  • Rush to judgment: a Senate committee investigates Forbes
  • Scandal weavers: scripting a story of rogues, graft and greed
  • The trial of Charles R. Forbes
  • Part V. Aftermath
  • Making the best of it
  • Charlie and Bob, masks and mirrors
  • Coda.

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