| Edition |
1st pbk. ed. |
| Description |
viii, 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"First published in 2004 by Steerforth Press as Tommy the Cork: Washington's ultimate insider from Roosevelt to Reagan"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-348) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: An Irish ballad -- The early years -- Most likely to succeed -- A wonderful education -- The New Deal years -- The coming of the New Deal -- Battling Wall Street -- The little red schoolhouse -- Frankfurter's hotdogs -- Battling big business -- Apex of power -- The second New Deal -- Corcoran and court packing -- The price of loyalty -- Time to make a million -- The war years -- A new stage -- Peddling influence -- Under investigation -- The wiretap -- The lobbyist years -- The key to lobbying -- The Truman years -- Foreign policy by other means -- Corcoran's cold war -- Family and friends -- The late 1950s -- Using the back door -- LBJ for the USA -- The late years -- Lobbying the court -- Plenty of action -- Vietnam, Watergate, and Nixon -- The admiral -- Conclusion: A fire in his heart. |
| Subject |
Corcoran, Thomas G.
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Corcoran, Thomas G. |
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Political consultants -- United States -- Biography.
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Political consultants. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1953.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1933-1953 |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
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| Chronological Term |
1945-1989 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Tommy the Cork
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| ISBN |
1586420860 |
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