One Nation Under Sex

How the Private Lives of Presidents, First Ladies and Their Lovers Changed the Course of American History

Larry Flynt, David Eisenbach (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2012
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-33992-7 (ISBN)

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In One Nation Under Sex, free speech activist and notorious Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt teams up with Columbia University history professor David Eisenbach to peek behind the White House bedroom curtains and document how hidden passions have shaped public life. They unpack salacious rumors and outright scandals, showing how private affairs have driven pivotal decisions - often with horrific consequences. Along the way, they explore the origins of America's fascination with sex scandals and explain how we can put aside our political moralism and begin focusing on the real problems that threaten our nation.

Larry Flynt is the publisher of Hustler magazine and has been a crusader for Frst Amendment and privacy rights for over three decades.His landmark Supreme Court case, Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, is taught in law schools throughout the United States. A former political candidate, Flynt remains active in his longstanding campaignto exposesexual hypocrisy in politics and transform the national political dialogue. He lives in Los Angeles, California. David Eisenbach, Ph.D., is a professor of American history at Columbia University as well as the creator, writer, and host of the two-hour History Channel special, The Beltway Unbuckled, about how presidential sex shaped American history. His first book, Gay Power: An American Revolution, won the ALA 2007 Stonewall Honor Book award. He lives in New York City.

Introduction Founding Flirts and Fornicators Sex and the Civil War Affairs of State The Ballad of Franklin and Eleanor America's Sex Czar The Nude Frontier Sex, Death and the Kennedys The Full Bill Clinton Conclusion: Fulfilling the Pledge

Zusatzinfo	ports.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 236 mm
Gewicht	325 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-230-33992-1 / 0230339921
ISBN-13	978-0-230-33992-7 / 9780230339927
Zustand	Neuware