At War with Corruption

At War with Corruption
Author :
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 598
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780984705665
ISBN-13 : 098470566X
Rating : 4/5 (66X Downloads)

Book Synopsis At War with Corruption by : Michael J. Hightower

Download or read book At War with Corruption written by Michael J. Hightower and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At War with Corruption began as a biography of Bill Price, the U.S. attorney and Republican candidate for high office who spearheaded prosecutions in the most pervasive public corruption spectacle in American history: the Oklahoma county commissioner scandal. Price’s determination to root out the rascals and restore faith in governance branded him as the biggest corruption buster in the state’s history. Price’s career in law and politics serves as a portal into corruption in Oklahoma. Episodes in that narrative include land swindles (soonerism) at the dawn of Oklahoma history; theft of Native Americans’ property and steamrolling of their cultures that reached a nadir in the Osage murders; the Supreme Court scandal of 1964–65; Leo Winters’ alleged misuse of state taxes (what was the treasurer doing with the people’s money?); Governor David Hall’s trial and conviction on charges of extortion; prosecutions of drug syndicates, Penn Square Bank insiders, and Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners on the take; and the systemic bribery in county governance that inspired this book. Price shatters the myth that Oklahomans have been uniquely tolerant of, and susceptible to, corruption. He blames structural flaws and inadequate legislation for tempting law-abiding citizens to heed the call of their darker angels. Although Price failed in his gubernatorial and congressional campaigns, he has influenced policy through philanthropies that set a high bar for civic engagement. At War with Corruption reveals the sinister side of human nature. Yet its intention is not to depress, but rather to uplift and to show what is possible when public servants work together to frame effective laws and promote justice.


At War with Corruption Related Books

At War with Corruption
Language: en
Pages: 598
Authors: Michael J. Hightower
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-13 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

GET EBOOK

At War with Corruption began as a biography of Bill Price, the U.S. attorney and Republican candidate for high office who spearheaded prosecutions in the most p
Waging War on Corruption
Language: en
Pages: 311
Authors: Frank Vogl
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

GET EBOOK

Waging War on Corruption is a fascinating look at worldwide corruption by a leader of the global anticorruption movement. Frank Vogl draws on twenty years of ex
Civic War and the Corruption of the Citizen
Language: en
Pages: 378
Authors: Peter Alexander Meyers
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-05-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

GET EBOOK

In this unique book, Peter Alexander Meyers leads us through the social processes by which shock incites terror, terror invites war, war invokes emergency, and
Grand Theft Pentagon
Language: en
Pages: 340
Authors: Jeffrey St. Clair
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

From the F-22 fighter jet and B-2 bomber to the Stryker tank, St. Clair, "the Seymour Hersh of environmental journalism" (Josh Frank), chronicles how the Pentag
The Enemy Within
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Michael Thomas Smith
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-29 - Publisher: University of Virginia Press

GET EBOOK

Stoked by a series of major scandals, popular fears of corruption in the Civil War North provide a unique window into Northern culture in the Civil War era. In