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A time of scandal : Charles R. Forbes, Warren G. Harding and the making of the Veterans Bureau /

In the early 1920s, with the nation still recovering from World War I, President Warren G. Harding founded a huge new organization to treat disabled veterans, the US Veterans Bureau, now known as the Department of Veterans Affairs. He appointed his friend, decorated veteran Colonel Charles R. Forbes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stevens, Rosemary, 1935- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Forbes, Charles R., > 1878-1952.
Harding, Warren G. > (Warren Gamaliel), > 1865-1923 > Friends and associates.
Forbes, Charles R., > 1878-1952 > Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. > Veterans Bureau.
Scandals > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1921-1923.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. American dreams
  • Hidden stories, fateful meetings
  • Washington, DC, March-April 1921
  • The dream of efficiency in government
  • Part II. Reality checks
  • Harding's flagship program, the US Veterans Bureau
  • High stakes: controlling veterans hospitals
  • Hype, hooch and the art of the con
  • Part III. Winds of change
  • Taking a friend on a business trip west
  • Harding resurgent: White House versus Forbes
  • Transitions in 1923: Forbes's resignation to Harding's death
  • Part IV. Scandal time
  • Coolidge, common cause and the politics of scandal
  • Rush to judgment: a Senate committee investigates Forbes
  • Scandal weavers: scripting a story of rogues, graft and greed
  • The trial of Charles R. Forbes
  • Part V. Aftermath
  • Making the best of it
  • Charlie and Bob, masks and mirrors
  • Coda.