Bill Clinton : mastering the presidency / Nigel Hamilton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamilton, Nigel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinton, Bill, 1946-.

Clinton, Bill.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

United States.

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

Politics and government.

Political leadership--United States--Case studies.

Political leadership.

Genre:

Biographies.

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xv, 766 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, [2007]

Summary:

Award-winning biographer Hamilton brings readers an insightful, balanced, well-researched, and highly readable story of Clintons first term in office. The author describes Clintons extraordinary effort to be a modern president in a modern world.

Contents:

Book I Paradise Lost

The Freshman 3

Chapter 1 Inauguration 5

Chapter 2 Investment or Deficit Reduction? 17

Chapter 3 A Perilous Transition 23

Chapter 4 Attorney General 41

Chapter 5 Gays in the Military 46

Chapter 6 Camp David I 54

Chapter 7 Camp David II 67

Chapter 8 Hillary's Mess 72

Chapter 9 Addressing the Nation 76

The Clash of Civilizations 83

Chapter 10 The World Trade Center Is Bombed 85

Chapter 11 Waco 90

Chapter 12 Eisenhower Republican? 93

Chapter 13 Reducing the Deficit 99

The Red Queen 113

Chapter 14 Star Wars 115

Chapter 15 Politics as a spectator Sport 129

Chapter 16 Lani Guinier 134

Chapter 17 A Shrinking President 143

Chapter 18 Vince Foster 147

Mending the Economy 157

Chapter 19 The Economic Bill 159

Chapter 20 An Indian Summer 173

Chapter 21 Addressing Health Care Reform 181

A Ship of Fools 185

Chapter 22 Black Hawk Down 187

Chapter 23 The Harlan County Fiosco 194

Troopergate 199

Chapter 24 Inspector Jackson 201

Chapter 25 Harry and Louise 219

Chapter 26 NAFTA Passes 228

Conspiracy 231

Chapter 27 Shaming the President 233

Chapter 28 A New Era of Voyeurism 245

Chapter 29 Low Tide 249

The Black Pen 257

Chapter 30 The Swing to the Right 259

Chapter 31 Pandora's Box 268

Chapter 32 Proximity to Disgrace 277

Chapter 33 An American Platonov 281

Chapter 34 The President Never Adjourns 286

The Fury of An Aroused Democracy 289

Chapter 35 Drawing the Line 291

Chapter 36 McLarty Is Replaced 295

Chapter 37 Exit Health Care Reform 300

War in Haiti 305

Chapter 38 Expressions of Personal Hatred 307

Chapter 39 Clinton's War 310

Chapter 40 The Junta's Time Is Up 315

The Contract with America 331

Chapter 41 Newt Gingrich 333

Chapter 42 Blueprint for the Neo-Reaganite Future 341

Chapter 43 Midterm Meltdown 349

The Funk 357

Chapter 44 At the Crossroads 359

Chapter 45 Wooing the DLC 368

Chapter 46 In the Tiger's Den 379

Chapter 47 Veering Right 383

Book II Paradise Regained

A Comeback Fellow 393

Chapter 48 A President's Epiphany 395

Chapter 49 Mexico: The First Crisis of the Twenty-first Century 400

Chapter 50 Dying by the Sword 406

Chapter 51 The General's Doorbell 410

Chapter 52 A New Strategy 413

Chapter 53 State of the Union 1995 417

Chapter 54 The Turning Point 430

Oklahoma City 435

Chapter 55 The Plot Against America 437

Chapter 56 His Finest Hour 441

Chapter 57 In the Aftermath of Oklahoma 447

Turning the Battleship 457

Chapter 58 Triangulating Morris 459

Chapter 59 First Veto 471

Chapter 60 Endgame 480

Commander-In-Chief 487

Chapter 61 Srebrenica 489

Chapter 62 Operation Deliberate Force 494

Chapter 63 Affirmative Actions 498

Chapter 64 Peace in Bosnia 511

Chapter 65 A Historic Power Struggle 519

The Full Clinton 529

Chapter 66 In the Pinching Cave 531

Chapter 67 Achilles' Heel 535

Chapter 68 Standards of Behavior 539

Chapter 69 Cease-Fire 547

Chapter 70 King Billy 553

Theater of the Absurd 559

Chapter 71 A Gift from Heaven 561

Chapter 72 The Second Suicide 567

Chapter 73 A Winner Emerges 573

Monica, Act II 581

Chapter 74 Dole's Faustian Bargain 583

Chapter 75 Inquisition 587

Chapter 76 Bound to Blab 590

Chapter 77 Beating Republicans at Their Own Game 596

Exit Monica 599

Chapter 78 Getting Rid of the Clutch 601

Chapter 79 The Death of Ron Brown 608

The Summer Of '96 611

Chapter 80 A Darker Challenge 613

Chapter 81 Outflanking Dole 623

Chapter 82 The Fall of Morris 628

The Debates 635

Chapter 83 Dole's Prayers Are Not Answered 637

Chapter 84 A Question of Character 645.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 721-728) and index.

ISBN:

9781586485160

1586485164

OCLC:

123232272