| International Standard Book Number |
9780593444542
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593444559
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| Personal Name |
Maddow, Rachel, 1973- author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2026514060
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| Title Statement |
Department of fate : the promise, the power, and the collapse of America's most consequential institution / Rachel Maddow.
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| Imprint |
New York : Crown, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
1 online resource
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Prologue: "Never a crusader" -- Part I: 1870-1871 -- On behalf of Lady Justice -- The incalculable value of Captain Jim Williams -- A new kind of opponent -- "All this they did, their pledge to the contrary" -- "Where prominent men were concerned" -- "It seemed like patriotic service" -- Criminal conspiracy -- "Cleave to it, popular or not" -- Aftermath -- Part II: 1894-1895 -- "Sometimes the look of it made me quake" -- "Stand loyal to the cause and maintain an unbroken front" -- "The stoutest hearts take alarm" -- "Make it a failure everywhere else" -- "Time to see whether the law is sufficiently strong" -- "No interference" -- "Stand by your principles, regardless of consequences" -- "Or otherwise" -- Part III: 1920 -- Balls in buckets -- "A more lawless proceeding it is hard for anybody to conceive" -- "The level of the impossible" -- "Mental dullness at high tension" -- "A mob is a mob" -- Part IV: 1921-1924 -- "Very much more money than he was accustomed to having" -- "Ever-increasing embarrassment" -- Part V: 1965 -- In the real world -- A hundred years in the making -- Part VI: 1986-1987 -- The shield -- "Taking notes on a criminal conspiracy" -- Mr. Barr's syphilitic prerogative -- Part VII: 2019-2020 -- "Chewing gum, making noise, running in the halls" -- "Thuggish" -- The final turn -- Why? -- Epilogue: "The best in our American traditions preserved...
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| Summary, Etc. |
"A revelatory history of the Department of Justice and a roadmap to salvaging an imperiled democracy by listening to the echoes of America's past. In this searing new history, Rachel Maddow traces the very real triumphs of the Department of Justice, along with its tragic missteps and misdeeds, back to its beginning. From the DOJ's uneven record in the fight to secure voting rights for all citizens, to its role in decimating the labor movement in the late-nineteenth century, from its creation of the anti-immigrant chaos during the Red Scare, to its enabling of the lawless instincts of recent Administrations-DEPARTMENT OF FATE reveals a stark and urgent truth: the history of the Department is story of failure and complicity, made tragic by shining episodes of principled action. Written with Maddow's typical whip-smart prose and biting clarity, DEPARTMENT OF FATE invites us to reckon with the past in order to help chart a more hopeful future. In a moment beset by polarization, misinformation, and attacks on the rule of law, Maddow's voice shines through in its demand for clear-thinking and its call to seek a new path toward justice for all"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject |
United States. Department of Justice History
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Civil rights United States History
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Political corruption United States History
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Justice, Administration of United States History
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Rule of law United States History
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