One Nation Under Sex: How the Private Lives of Presidents, First Ladies and Their Lovers Changed the Course of American History Review

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One Nation Under Sex: How the Private Lives of Presidents, First Ladies and Their Lovers Changed the Course of American History ReviewLarry Flynt gets his name in bigger type than his co-author (I wonder why?), but I suspect most of this was written by Eisenbach, who is a serious and well-respected historian. The emphasis is not so much on the titillation of revealing sex scandals over the centuries (actually, not much new is revealed anyhow), but in showing how these antics made a difference in the course of American history, from the Founding Fathers (and Mothers), up to Bill Clinton and beyond (to Vitter, Craig, and whoever the next rascal will be). Benjamin Franklin (still randy in his seventies) made a major contribution to the Revolution through his escapades in Paris. And the relationship between Buchanan and former vice-president William Rufus King almost certainly contributed to Buchanan's bungling of the secession crisis. Like most people, I knew about Harding's naughtiness, but not about Woodrow Wilson's, which actually had more important consequences.
The book also gives a good account of the changes in journalistic ethics over the decades. It explains how the notoriously gay Buchanan could, amazingly, get elected. And gives an excellent account of the switch from "access journalism," which allowed Roosevelt and Kennedy to get away with things that got politicians in trouble in the post-Watergate era of "gotcha journalism." The book isn't perfect: it perhaps lingers a bit too long in the Kennedy era, though I confess that I found the description of Jackie Kennedy's love affairs to be a fascinating subject that we had no idea of at the time! And the authors sometimes aren't quite as clear as they might be when they present material that is second and third (and sometimes fourth) hand. But I enjoyed reading this a lot, and recommend it to anyone with an interest in the seamier side of our country's history.One Nation Under Sex: How the Private Lives of Presidents, First Ladies and Their Lovers Changed the Course of American History Overview

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