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James 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

    Advocate On Historys Front Lines from Watergate

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        Publisher University Press of Kansas
        Published 20 August 2022
        ISBN-13 9780700633517
        978-0700633517
        ISBN-10 0700633510
        Also in:
        Autobiography: historical, political and military

        Description

        Book Synopsis
        James 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

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