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The prince of darkness 50 years reporting in Washington

" In this sweeping memoir, Novak offers a full account of his involvement in the Valerie Plame CIA leak affair, while also telling the story of his remarkable life and career, a singular journey through a half century of stories, scandals, and personal encounters with Washington's most powerful and...

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Main Author: Novak, Robert D.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Forum, c2007.
Edition:1st ed.
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Novak, Robert D.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Plame affair
  • Political beginnings
  • Cub reporter
  • From Omaha to 'Naptown
  • Advice from Ezra Pound
  • Joining the Journal
  • Emperor of the Senate
  • Driving with Kennedy
  • New Frontier
  • LBJ hosts a wedding reception
  • The odd couple
  • The Goldwater revolution
  • The agony of the GOP
  • The Great Society in ascent
  • The Great Society in descent
  • Clean Gene, Bobby and LBJ
  • Realignment 1968
  • Den of vipers
  • Vietnam
  • The frustration of power
  • "Amnesty, abortion and acid"
  • Watergate
  • Reagan's rebellion
  • Jimmy who?
  • The Snopes clan in the White House
  • Supply-side and China
  • A young congressman from New York
  • The birth of CNN
  • The Reagan revolution
  • A near-death experience
  • The slowest realignment in American history
  • "I'll try Ollie North"
  • The last days of Reagan
  • Blowup
  • Believing their own spin
  • Clinton = Republican tsunami
  • "Will success spoil Newt Gingrich?"
  • Conversion
  • The rise of George W. Bush
  • Death of a partner
  • Attacking Iraq and attacking Novak
  • The Plame affair II
  • Farewell to CNN
  • A stirrer-up of strife.

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