Title: Andrew Johnson and the uses of constitutional power /
Authors: Sefton, James E.
Date: 1980
Publisher: Little, Brown,
Physical description: x, 212 pages ; 20 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: E
Contents: Revolutionary venom: the gentlemen's agreement from Harding to Kennedy -- Seeds of the cultural wars: the 1960s -- Watergate legacies: The post-Watergate media revolution -- The scandal cauldron: the 1980s -- To be "Borked" and "Gingriched" -- The 19902 scandal machine implosion: Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton: bookends to the scandal culture -- The Clinton "scandals": much smoke, little fire -- Death of the independent counsel statue, and good riddance -- The revolt of the center: Hypocrisies on the left and right -- The new center -- Purple nation and the "grand coalition" government.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Executive power--United States--History.; Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875.; Presidents--United States--Biography.; United States--Politics and government--1865-1869.