The truth about Hillary : what she knew, when she knew it, and how far she'll go to become president / Edward Klein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klein, Edward, 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinton, Hillary Rodham.

United States. Congress. Senate.

Presidents' spouses--United States--Biography.

Presidents' spouses.

United States.

Women legislators--United States--Biography.

Women legislators.

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.

Clinton, Bill, 1946-.

Clinton, Bill.

Presidents--United States--Election--2008.

Presidents.

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

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Sentinel, 2005.

Summary:

For more than a decade, countless journalists and biographers have struggled to pin down the character of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Yet despite all the scrutiny, no one-until now-has explained her many contradictions and deceptions. She's a wife, but she shows no wifely instincts. She's a mother, but she isn't maternal. She's a feminist, but she rode to power on her husband's coattails. She's strong and assertive, but she has abetted decades of chronic infidelity. She inspires fierce loyalty among her followers, but she frequently stabs them in the back.

In this controversial and eagerly anticipated book, distinguished journalist Edward Klein produces secret documents and stunning evidence from sources close to Hillary Clinton to show just how much she has been willing to lie, bully, cheat, and manipulate people in her quest for power. Klein reveals a pattern of chronic bad behavior during a decadeslong effort to become America's first woman president, no matter what the cost.

The Truth About Hillary contains shocking new accounts of key moments in Hillary's private and political life, giving readers a rare opportunity to assess the true character behind her public mask. Among the many eye-opening revelations: How the culture of lesbianism at Wellesley College shaped Hillary's politics, How she acted as a secret partisan agent of Ted Kennedy's during the Nixon impeachment, How she set up an elaborate system to monitor her husband's girlfriends, What she really knew early on about Monica Lewinsky and hid from the country, How her image makeover as a moderate senator is a sham.

Americans know that when it comes to political leadership, character counts far more than any policy position or speech. And as they begin to size up Hillary Clinton's fitness for the highest office in the land, they will turn to Edward Klein for the truth that Hillary Clinton doesn't want the public to know.

Contents:

Part I The Big Girl

Chapter 1 The Impossible Dream 11

Chapter 2 Hillary's Bubble 15

Chapter 3 Tacky Kaki 19

Chapter 4 First Lovebirds 26

Chapter 5 Celestial Ambitions 37

Part II The Book of Life

Chapter 6 Toughening Up 47

Chapter 7 The Great Debate 53

Chapter 8 The Radical 56

Chapter 9 The Intern 66

Chapter 10 Grooving at Cozy Beach 68

Chapter 11 The Other "Smoking Gun" 74

Chapter 12 The Misfit 83

Chapter 13 A Night to Remember 90

Chapter 14 All the Governor's Women 93

Part III The White House Years

Chapter 15 Her Husband's Keeper 103

Chapter 16 "Bill Owes Me" 110

Chapter 17 Payback Time 114

Chapter 18 Hibernation 121

Chapter 19 Hillary's Brain 125

Chapter 20 "This Is War" 129

Chapter 21 "Screw 'Em" 132

Chapter 22 The Human Bridge 135

Chapter 23 The Wronged Woman 141

Part IV The Candidate

Chapter 24 Run, Hillary, Run! 149

Chapter 25 The Education of Hillary Clinton 153

Chapter 26 Blowing Them Away 158

Chapter 27 "Boob Bait for the Bubbas" 163

Chapter 28 Distortion 167

Chapter 29 "The Martians Have Landed" 170

Chapter 30 The Juice 173

Chapter 31 Hillary's Problem 180

Chapter 32 "A Legend Imploding" 186

Chapter 33 The Turnaround 190

Chapter 34 "Pure Hollywood" 194

Part V The Road Back to the White House

Chapter 35 The "Phenom" 201

Chapter 36 "The Perfect Student" 206

Chapter 37 Where's Waldo? 211

Chapter 38 The 800-Pound Gorilla 214

Chapter 39 "So Hillary" 219

Chapter 40 Hillary from Chappaqua 224

Chapter 41 Shut Out? 232

Chapter 42 Hedging Her Bets 235

Chapter 43 Gearing Up 240

Chapter 44 Nixon's Disciple 249.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-261) and index.

ISBN:

1595230068

9781595230065

OCLC:

58791057