1st Edition
The Architects of Toxic Politics in America Venom and Vitriol
Introduction : The Reckoning
PART ONE THE PRESIDENTS
Chapter 1 The Early Presidents and the Rise of Negativity
Chapter 2 How Presidents of the Modern Era Fomented Attack Politics
Chapter3 Richard Nixon and the Rise of Toxicity
Chapter 4 Presidents Who Stayed Mostly Above the Fray
Chapter 5 Donald Trump, the Most Negative President of All
Chapter 6 Joe Biden Attempts to Restore Civility
Chapter 7 First Ladies’ Benign Influence, With Exceptions
PART TWO A ROGUES’ GALLERY OF TOXIC INFLUENCERS
Chapter 8 Influential Caustic Politicians
Chapter 9 The Role of the Mainstream News Media
Chapter 10 Public Commentators and Polemicists
Chapter 11 Proselytizers of Division, Entrepreneurs of Polarization and Operatives of Attack
Conclusion
Biography
Kenneth T. Walsh is a journalist, historian and author. He covered the White House for more than 30 years for U.S. News & World Report and he is former president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. He is an adjunct professorial lecturer at the American University School of Communication in Washington, D.C.
