Rosemary Stevens is professor emeritus of the history and sociology and science at the University of Pennsylvania and the De Witt Wallace Distinguished Scholar in Social Medicine and Public Policy at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is the author of In Sickness and in Wealth: American Hospitals in the Twentieth Century and The Public-Private Health Care State: Essays on the History of American Health Care Policy.

[A] nuanced and well-documented exploration of the controversies around the early Veterans Bureau. ... A Time of Scandal is a multifaceted and strong account of an interesting time. Foreword Reviews Her colorful narrative makes a convincing case for Forbes' rehabilitation and, in light of other recent revisionist histories, a full reconsideration of an allegedly corrupt president and administration. An engaging argument for justice for a flawed but perhaps wrongfully disgraced civil servant. Kirkus Reviews Stevens offers a richly detailed account that portrays Forbes and Harding more favorably than most previous historians. Although aimed at scholars, general readers will be fascinated by the courtroom scenes and Forbes's rehabilitation during his two- year sentence in Leavenworth Penitentiary. Library Journal Professor Rosemary Stevens has produced what is certainly the definitive work on Forbes in A Time of Scandal. NY Journal of Books Recomended. Choice

• PrefacePart I. American DreamsChapter 1: Hidden Stories, Fateful MeetingsChapter 2: Washington, DC, March-April 1921Chapter 3: The Dream of Efficiency in Government Part II. Reality ChecksChapter 4: Harding's Flagship Program, the US Veterans Bureau Chapter 5: High Stakes: Controlling Veterans HospitalsChapter 6: Hype, Hooch and the Art of the Con Part III. Winds of ChangeChapter 7: Taking a Friend on a Business Trip West Chapter 8: Harding Resurgent: White House versus ForbesChapter 9: Transitions in 1923: Forbes's Resignation to Harding's Death Part IV. Scandal TimeChapter 10: Coolidge, Common Cause and the Politics of Scandal Chapter 11: Rush to Judgment: A Senate Committee Investigates Forbes Chapter 12: Scandal Weavers: Scripting a Story of Rogues, Graft and Greed.Chapter 13: The Trial of Charles R. Forbes Part V. Aftermath Chapter 14: Making the Best of It Chapter 15: Charlie and Bob, Masks and Mirrors Coda AcknowledgmentsTime Line Notes Index

Rosemary Stevens is professor emeritus of the history and sociology and science at the University of Pennsylvania and the De Witt Wallace Distinguished Scholar in Social Medicine and Public Policy at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is the author of In Sickness and in Wealth: American Hospitals in the Twentieth Century and The Public-Private Health Care State: Essays on the History of American Health Care Policy.

[A] nuanced and well-documented exploration of the controversies around the early Veterans Bureau. ... A Time of Scandal is a multifaceted and strong account of an interesting time. Foreword Reviews Her colorful narrative makes a convincing case for Forbes' rehabilitation and, in light of other recent revisionist histories, a full reconsideration of an allegedly corrupt president and administration. An engaging argument for justice for a flawed but perhaps wrongfully disgraced civil servant. Kirkus Reviews Stevens offers a richly detailed account that portrays Forbes and Harding more favorably than most previous historians. Although aimed at scholars, general readers will be fascinated by the courtroom scenes and Forbes's rehabilitation during his two- year sentence in Leavenworth Penitentiary. Library Journal Professor Rosemary Stevens has produced what is certainly the definitive work on Forbes in A Time of Scandal. NY Journal of Books Recomended. Choice

• PrefacePart I. American DreamsChapter 1: Hidden Stories, Fateful MeetingsChapter 2: Washington, DC, March-April 1921Chapter 3: The Dream of Efficiency in Government Part II. Reality ChecksChapter 4: Harding's Flagship Program, the US Veterans Bureau Chapter 5: High Stakes: Controlling Veterans HospitalsChapter 6: Hype, Hooch and the Art of the Con Part III. Winds of ChangeChapter 7: Taking a Friend on a Business Trip West Chapter 8: Harding Resurgent: White House versus ForbesChapter 9: Transitions in 1923: Forbes's Resignation to Harding's Death Part IV. Scandal TimeChapter 10: Coolidge, Common Cause and the Politics of Scandal Chapter 11: Rush to Judgment: A Senate Committee Investigates Forbes Chapter 12: Scandal Weavers: Scripting a Story of Rogues, Graft and Greed.Chapter 13: The Trial of Charles R. Forbes Part V. Aftermath Chapter 14: Making the Best of It Chapter 15: Charlie and Bob, Masks and Mirrors Coda AcknowledgmentsTime Line Notes Index

Rosemary Stevens is professor emeritus of the history and sociology and science at the University of Pennsylvania and the De Witt Wallace Distinguished Scholar in Social Medicine and Public Policy at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is the author of In Sickness and in Wealth: American Hospitals in the Twentieth Century and The Public-Private Health Care State: Essays on the History of American Health Care Policy.

[A] nuanced and well-documented exploration of the controversies around the early Veterans Bureau. ... A Time of Scandal is a multifaceted and strong account of an interesting time. Foreword Reviews Her colorful narrative makes a convincing case for Forbes' rehabilitation and, in light of other recent revisionist histories, a full reconsideration of an allegedly corrupt president and administration. An engaging argument for justice for a flawed but perhaps wrongfully disgraced civil servant. Kirkus Reviews Stevens offers a richly detailed account that portrays Forbes and Harding more favorably than most previous historians. Although aimed at scholars, general readers will be fascinated by the courtroom scenes and Forbes's rehabilitation during his two- year sentence in Leavenworth Penitentiary. Library Journal Professor Rosemary Stevens has produced what is certainly the definitive work on Forbes in A Time of Scandal. NY Journal of Books Recomended. Choice

• PrefacePart I. American DreamsChapter 1: Hidden Stories, Fateful MeetingsChapter 2: Washington, DC, March-April 1921Chapter 3: The Dream of Efficiency in Government Part II. Reality ChecksChapter 4: Harding's Flagship Program, the US Veterans Bureau Chapter 5: High Stakes: Controlling Veterans HospitalsChapter 6: Hype, Hooch and the Art of the Con Part III. Winds of ChangeChapter 7: Taking a Friend on a Business Trip West Chapter 8: Harding Resurgent: White House versus ForbesChapter 9: Transitions in 1923: Forbes's Resignation to Harding's Death Part IV. Scandal TimeChapter 10: Coolidge, Common Cause and the Politics of Scandal Chapter 11: Rush to Judgment: A Senate Committee Investigates Forbes Chapter 12: Scandal Weavers: Scripting a Story of Rogues, Graft and Greed.Chapter 13: The Trial of Charles R. Forbes Part V. Aftermath Chapter 14: Making the Best of It Chapter 15: Charlie and Bob, Masks and Mirrors Coda AcknowledgmentsTime Line Notes Index