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A review by spinnerroweok
Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy by David O. Stewart
3.0
If you think politics is corrupt today, you should check this out and see how bad it was in the past. Here, president Andrew Johnson, possibly the worst president ever, makes himself so disagreeable that the Congress passes a law designed to get him to violate it so they can impeach him. What follows is a tale of bribery and political shenanigans to make your stomach turn.
The book starts out quite enjoyable, but becomes so filled with characters that it is hard to follow in the end. However, this is the best explanation of Andrew Johnson's impeachment that I have read so far. It steps away from the mythologizing of the procedure and gets down into the backroom deals.
If you want to be disturbed by the inner workings of government, I recommend.
The book starts out quite enjoyable, but becomes so filled with characters that it is hard to follow in the end. However, this is the best explanation of Andrew Johnson's impeachment that I have read so far. It steps away from the mythologizing of the procedure and gets down into the backroom deals.
If you want to be disturbed by the inner workings of government, I recommend.