The Clinton wars / Sidney Blumenthal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blumenthal, Sidney, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinton, Bill, 1946-.

Clinton, Bill.

Political culture.

History.

United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.

United States.

Politics and government.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

Washington (D.C.).

Political culture--United States--History--20th century.

Political culture--Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

822 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.

Summary:

When in 1997 Bill Clinton appointed Sidney Blumenthal as a senior advisor, the former writer was catapulted into the front lines of the Clinton wars. His major new book--part history, part memoir--is the first inside account of the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton. 32 pages of photos.

Contents:

1 The Challenge to the Old Order 3

2 The Forces Are Arrayed 46

3 First Blood 115

4 Clinton's Strategic Offensive 137

5 Hillary Under Siege 166

6 A Political Education 193

7 Mine Canary 232

8 Inside the West Wing 257

9 Clinton's Third Way 298

10 Seven Days in January 318

11 In Starr's Chamber 380

12 The Reign of Witches 432

13 Show Trial 497

14 The Twenty-first Century 629

15 A New York State of Mind 676

16 The Stolen Succession 700

17 The Sands of Time 773

18 The American Conflict 788.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0374125023

OCLC:

51755718