Description
Book SynopsisJames Hamilton has been an active participant and an inside observer of some of the most consequential moments in modern US history. Written in incisive prose with self-deprecating humour,
Advocate discusses the travails of politicians and other well-known individuals, focusing particularly on high-profile congressional and other investigations.
Table of Contents
- Foreword by David Ignatius
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Path to Washington
- 2. The Senate Watergate Committee: The White House Tapes Uncovered
- 3. Senator Herman Talmadge: The Beneficent Overcoat
- 4. Senator Dave Durenberger: The Fallout of Bad Advice
- 5. The Keating Five: Senator DeConcini Fights Back
- 6. Lawyers for Mississippi
- 7. "Otto the Terrible"
- 8. Marina Oswald: "Nobody I Can Turn To"
- 9. Danger in Distant Palau
- 10. Debategate
- 11. Impeachment Alaska Style
- 12. The Foster Notes
- 13. The Foster Photographs
- 14. The Clinton Impeachment
- 15. Chair Don Fowler: A Friend in Need
- 16. A Disgruntled Prince Philip
- 17. James Lee Witt: "Chicken Feathers"
- 18. Bob Novak and the Valerie Plame Saga
- 19. A Stain on Baseball
- 20. The Disgraceful Interrogation of Admiral Mike Mullen
- 21. The Perils of Mock Trials
- 22. "Dean of Vetting"
- 23. A Concluding Word for Young Lawyers
- Notes
- Index
