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03645aam a2200445 i 4500 001 5357E66EB2E711EBB11E7CB730ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210512010016 008 201114s2021 mdu e b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020047801 020 $a 153814249X 020 $a 9781538142493 035 $a (OCoLC)1184237001 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d JAS $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK2249 $b .M374 2021 082 00 $a 364.1060973 $2 23 100 1 $a Marshall, Jonathan, $d 1955- $e author. 245 10 $a Dark quadrant : $b organized crime, big business, and the corruption of American democracy : from Truman to Trump / $c Jonathan Marshall. 246 30 $a Organized crime, big business, and the corruption of American democracy : from Truman to Trump 264 1 $a Lanham, Maryland : $b Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., $c [2021] 300 $a vii, 401 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a War and peace library 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (paged 237-383) and index. 505 0 $a Organized crime and corruption in the Truman administration -- Anti-communism : mobsters, the FBI, and the China lobby -- The Dominican connection : dictators, mobsters, and Caribbean intrigues -- The friends of LBJ -- I : Bobby Baker and the mob -- The friends of LBJ -- II : the Murchisons -- Henry Crown, the Chicago Outfit, and the TFX scandal -- President Nixon and the mob, 1969-1974 -- Nixon, Howard Hughes, the CIA, and the mob : the road to Watergate -- From Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump. 520 $a From Truman to Trump, the deep corruption of our political leaders unveiled. Many critiques of the Trump era contrast it with the latter half of the twentieth century, when the United States seemed governed more by statesmen than by special interests. Without denying the extraordinary vigor of President Trump's assault on traditional ethical and legal norms, Jonathan Marshall challenges the myth of a golden age of American democracy. Drawing on a host of original archival sources, he tells a shocking story of how well-protected criminals systematically organized the corruption of American national politics after World War II. Marshall begins by tracing the extraordinary scandals of President Truman, whose political career was launched by the murderous Pendergast machine in Missouri. He goes on to highlight the role of organized crime in the rise of McCarthyism during the Cold War, the near-derailment of Vice President Johnson's political career owing to two mob-related scandals, and Nixon's career-long association with underworld figures. The book culminates with a discussion of Donald Trump's unique history of relations with the traditional American Mafia and newer transnational gangs like the Russian Mafia-and how the latter led to his historic impeachment by the House of Representatives-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Political corruption $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Organized crime $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Big business $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Business and politics $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Democracy $z United States $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1945-1989. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1989- 830 0 $a War and peace library. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317025104.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210512010124.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5357E66EB2E711EBB11E7CB730ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search