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" Congress investigates : "
edited by Roger A. Bruns, David L. Hostetter, Raymond W. Smock ; Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies
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700760
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b522949
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Congress investigates : : a critical and documentary history /\ edited by Roger A. Bruns, David L. Hostetter, Raymond W. Smock ; Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies
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Rev. ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Facts on File,, c2011
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| Series Statement
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Facts on File library of American history
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2 v. (xxxii, 1222 p.) :: ill. ;; 29 cm
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0816076790
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: 9780816076796
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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v. 1. General St. Clair's Defeat, 1792-93 -- The Burning of Washington, 1814 -- The Second Bank of the United States, 1832 -- The Assault on Senator Charles Sumner, 1856 -- John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, 1850-60 -- The Conduct of the Civil War, 1861-65 -- The Joint Committee on Reconstruction, 1865-67 -- The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, 1867-68 -- The Ku Klux Klan and Racial Violence, 1871-72 -- The Credit Mobilier Scandal, 1872-73 -- The Clapp Committee on Campaign Finance Corruption, 1912-13 -- The Pujo Committee on the "Money Trust," 1912-13 -- The Teapot Dome Scandal, 1922-24 -- The Pecora Committee on the Stock Market Crash, 1933-34 -- The Nye Committee on the Munitions Industry, 1934-36 --
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v. 2. The Dies Committee and Un-American Activities, 1938-43 -- The Truman Committee on War Mobilization, 1941-44 -- The Pearl Harbor Committee, 1945-46 -- The Kefauver Committee on Organized crime, 1950-51 -- The Committee on the Conduct and Firing of General Douglas MacArthur, 1951 -- The Army-McCarthy Hearings, 1954 -- The Laboring Racketeering Investigation, 1957-61 -- The Watergate Committee, 1973-74 -- The Church Committee on Intelligence Activities Investigation, 1975-76 -- The Iran-Contra Hearings, 1987 -- The INSLAW Department of Justice Scandal, 1989-91 -- The Whitewater investigation and Impeachment of President Bill Clinton, 1992-98 -- The 9/11 Commission, 2002-04 -- The Hurricane Katrina Inquiry, 2005-06
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Governmental investigations-- United States
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KF4942.C66 2011
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Bruns, Roger A.,1941-
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Hostetter, David
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Smock, Raymond
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Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies
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