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Author:
Koskoff, David E., 1939-
Title:
The senator from central casting : the rise, fall, and resurrection of Thomas J. Dodd / David E. Koskoff.
Publisher:
New American Political Press,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
xi, 288 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Dodd, Thomas J.--(Thomas Joseph),--1907-1971.
Dodd, Thomas J.--(Thomas Joseph),--1907-1971--Censures.
Dodd, Thomas J.--(Thomas Joseph),--1907-1971--Finance, Personal.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
United States.--Senate--Senate--Biography.
United States.--Senate--Senate--Censures.
Debt--Political aspects--United States--Case studies.
Political corruption--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
Connecticut--Politics and government--1951-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-272) and index.
Summary:
Presents a biography of Senator Thomas J. Dodd, who was censured by the Senate in 1967 for spending campaign money on personal expenses and looks at how the Senator's financial impropriety can be reconciled with the personality of the respected prosecutor of the Nuremburg trials.
ISBN:
061543584X (pbk.)
9780615435848 (pbk.)
0615419267 (cloth)
9780615419268 (cloth)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)707245251
LCCN:
2011381749
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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