Presidential scandals are not a recent phenomenon in the history of the United States. Though the headlines that swirled around President Clinton touched off a storm of controversy U.S. presidents for the past two hundred years have wrestled with scandal.

Presidential Scandals offers a concise single-volume survey of presidential scandals in the United States that looks at the behavior and public image of every president from George Washington to Bill Clinton. It broadly defines scandal as anything that was regarded as scandalous at the time of the president's service or that was uncovered and regarded as scandalous later.

Presidential Scandals is an invaluable synthesis of important information that until now has been widely scattered in a host of reference works. Some of the early scandals in the history of the United States may indeed seem tame in light of President Clinton's transgressions, but Jeffrey Schultz helps us gain perspective on the situation -- to see that every age has encountered presidential scandal and to realize how surely the United Sta

Jeff Schultz is president of Jeffrey D. Schultz and Company He earned a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies at Georgetown University and an M.A. from Claremont Graduate School before returning to Georgetown to pursue further graduate studies. He has taught history, government, and the humanities at a number of colleges and universities including White Pines College, Colorado College, and Ashland University.