Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture

by Mark Feldstein

Book Overview

It is March 1972, and the Nixon White House wants Jack Anderson dead. The syndicated columnist Jack Anderson, the most famous and feared investigative reporter in the nation, has exposed yet another of the President's dirty secrets. Nixon's operatives are ordered to "stop Anderson at all costs"-permanently. Across the street from the White House, they huddle in a hotel basement to conspire. Should they try "Aspirin Roulette" and break into Anderson's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374235309
• ISBN13: 9780374235307
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 461 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.6" x 9.3"