A time of scandal: Charles R. Forbes, Warren G. Harding, and the making of the Veterans Bureau 9781421421308, 1421421305, 9781421421315, 1421421313
Part I. American dreams -- Hidden stories, fateful meetings -- Washington, DC, March-April 1921 -- The dream of efficien
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English Pages xviii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm Year 2016
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.
