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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

Ben Franklin saved the American Revolution by seducing French Women. A gay love affair between President James Buchanan and Senator William King aided the secession movement. Woodrow Wilson's girlfriend dictated his letters to the German Kaiser. And le

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“The end of the cold war had deprived the Republican Party of its longstanding edge on the national security issue and left the GOP looking for a new defining crusade. Despite the Fitzgerald scandal, the Republicans chose family values as the theme for their 1992 national convention in Houston.”

— Larry Flynt, amazon.com

Tagged: Republicans, Pivotal Moments

“The French worshipped [Benjamin] Franklin as an Enlightenment god whose famous kite-flying experiment debunked superstition by proving that lightning was nothing more than electricity.”

— Larry Flynt, amazon.com

Tagged: Founding Fathers, France, Benjamin Franklin, Scientific Breakthroughs

“By the age of 42, Ben Franklin was America's first media mogul, with his own news network, and so rich that he could retire in 1747 to concentrate on the passions that would make him famous: inventions, science experiments, politics and women.”

— Larry Flynt, amazon.com

Tagged: Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin, News media

“Like America's leaders throughout history, the Founders had vigorous sex drives and vibrant sex lives that played a major role in building our nation.”

— Larry Flynt, amazon.com

Tagged: United States Politics, US Goverment, Presidents, Founding Fathers

“Today we tend to imagine the people who built the early Republic to have been as dignified and composed as the historic documents they left behind. The Founders were indeed noble and gracious, but they were also earthy, lusty and as interested in sex and sex scandal as we are today.”

— Larry Flynt, amazon.com

Tagged: United States Politics, US Goverment, Presidents, Founding Fathers

“Traditionally, historians have been squeamish about examining the sex lives of presidents because they do not consider private affairs to be a worthy subject of 'serious' history. The result is that our leaders' lives have been so whitewashed that people think Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln we…”

— Larry Flynt, amazon.com

Tagged: United States Politics, US Goverment, Presidents