Senator Leahy : a life in scenes /
Philip Baruth.
- Hanover : University Press of New England, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Leahy, media, anthrax, batman -- Part I. Leahy begins -- The origin story -- The accidental state's attorney -- The children's crusade: the senate race of 1974 -- Ninety-ninth of one hundred -- Part II. The top cop -- The second children's crusade -- Leonidas and the three hundred: Leahy versus the Bush White House, May-October, 2001 -- Leonidas and the three hundred: October and November 2001 -- Part III. The top cop rises -- Nemeses and archenemies -- For love of the batman: the dark knight and COICA/PIPA/SOPA trilogies -- The Havana Protocol.
The blockbuster life of America's most senior senator.