Laton McCartney

High marks for readability. This history book reads like a novel. It's a tale of intrigue and corruption that perhaps helps to understand where some of today's activities arose. In a scandal that erupted, where the perps ripped off the US government for millions, and their own shareholders for more millions, no one went to jail, except a couple of short stays for contempt of court and contempt of Congress. Even after the Supreme Court reclaimed the Teapot leases because of the illegal way in which they were obtained, it was difficult to get juries to convict. There were a number of deaths and disappearances throughout, some attributable to suicide, some to accident, others unsolved. This book is a play-by-play of the process that got Warren Harding elected against the odds, and led to a further entrenching of the idea that the rich are immune from the consequences of their actions. A corrective for anyone who thinks this is a new force in American politics, and also an interesting look inside partisan politics of the early 20th century.… (plus d'informations)