Senator Leahy: a life in scenes 9781512600568, 9781512600575, 1512600563
The blockbuster life of America's most senior senator
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English Pages xxxii, 317 Seiten, 12 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln : Illustrationen, Portraits ; 25 cm Year 2017
Table of contents :
Introduction: Leahy, media, anthrax, Batman --
Part I. Leahy begins --
The origin story --
The accidental state's attorney --
The children's crusade: the senate race of 1974 --
Ninety-ninth of one hundred --
Part II. The top cop --
The second children's crusade --
Leonidas and the three hundred: Leahy versus the Bush White House, May-October, 2001 --
Leonidas and the three hundred: October and November 2001 --
Part III. The top cop rises --
Nemeses and archenemies --
For love of the Batman: the Dark Knight and COICA/PIPA/SOPA trilogies --
The Havana Protocol.
