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Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Anthracite Origins
2. Early Career
3. Trumping the Fine Machine
4. The Fight to Save Anthracite
5. Education of a Cold Warrior
6. Pork-Barreling the Great Society
7. Reconsidering Vietnam
8. Elko’s Payoff
9. One Flood Against Another
10. Panama’s Public Enemy No. 1
11. Federal Investigation
12. Trial and Tribulation
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
“Kashatus goes into government programs in detail that sometimes teeters on the edge of mind-boggling. But that reporting underscores the book's major subtext: a succinct history of American government in domestic and international programs from midway in World War II until 1980. . . . Kashatus has done a very thorough scholar’s job—with patience, enthusiasm, and zeal. . . . Grant Kashatus his sentimental license. You won't be sorry if you read his book.”
—Michael Pakenham, Philadelphia Inquirer
