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BILL CLINTON: MASTERING THE PRESIDENCY

Written by Nigel Hamilton
Published by Century in 2007
ISBN: 9781844132096

BILL CLINTON: MASTERING THE PRESIDENCY
Written by Nigel Hamilton.
Stock no. 1830994
1st. 2007. Hardback. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An insightful, prodigiously researched, and wonderfully readable account of Bill Clintons first term in office. It shows how a well-meaning but naive new president failed to assert true leadership in his first two years, and then illustrates how, in an astonishing act of self-reinvention, the president turned defeat into victory. A gripping tale of hubris and redemption-and a chronicle of one of the most dramatic reversals of fortune in modern American politics. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. XV and 766 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844132096. Light crease to top & tail of spine. Minor white spots to boards. Text block browned. A few minor foxspots present. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and scuffed.

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Contents

  • Prologue
  • BOOK I - PARADISE LOST
  • THE FRESHMAN
  • Chapter One Inauguration
  • Chapter Two Investment or Deficit Reduction?
  • Chapter Three A Perilous Transition
  • Chapter Four Attorney General
  • Chapter Five Gays in the Military
  • Chapter Six Camp David I
  • Chapter Seven Camp David II
  • Chapter Eight Hillary's Mess
  • Chapter Nine Addressing the Nation
  • THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS
  • Chapter Ten The World Trade Center is Bombed
  • Chapter Eleven Waco
  • Chapter Twelve Eisenhower Republican?
  • Chapter Thirteen Reducing the Deficit
  • THE RED QUEEN
  • Chapter Fourteen Star Wars
  • Chapter Fifteen Politics as a Spectator Sport
  • Chapter Sixteen Lai Guinier
  • Chapter Seventeen A Shrinking President
  • Chapter Eighteen Vince Foster
  • MENDING THE ECONOMY
  • Chapter Nineteen The Economic Bill
  • Chapter Twenty An Indian Sumery
  • Chapter Twenty-One Addressing Health Care Reform
  • A SHIP OF FOOLS
  • Chapter Twenty-Two Black Hawk Down
  • Chapter Twenty-Three The Harlan County Fiasco
  • TROOPERGATE
  • Chapter Twenty-Four Inspector Jackson
  • Chapter Twenty-Five Harry and Louise
  • Chapter Twenty-Six NAFTA Passes
  • CONSPIRACY
  • Chapter Twenty-Seven Shaming the President
  • Chapter Twenty-Eight A New Era of Voyeurism
  • Chapter Twenty-Nine Low Tide
  • THE BLACK PEN
  • Chapter Thirty The Swing to the Right
  • Chapter Thirty One Pandora's Box
  • Chapter Thirty Two Proximity to Disgrace
  • Chapter Thirty Three An American Platonov
  • Chapter Thirty Four The President Never Adjourns
  • THE FURY OF AN AROUSED DEMOCRACY
  • Chapter Thirty Five Drawing the Line
  • Chapter Thirty Six McLarty is Replaced
  • Chapter Thirty Seven Exit Health Care Reform
  • WAR IN HAITI
  • Chapter Thirty Eight Expressions of Personal Hatred
  • Chapter Thirty Nine Clinton's War
  • Chapter Forty The Junta's Time Is Up
  • THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA
  • Chapter Forty-One Newt Gingrich
  • Chapter Forty-Two Blueprint for the Neo-Reaganite Future
  • Chapter Forty-Three Midterm Meltdown
  • THE FUNK
  • Chapter Forty-Four At the Crossroads
  • Chapter Forty-Five Wooing the DLC
  • Chapter Forty-Six In the Tiger's Den
  • Chapter Forth-Seven Veering Right
  • BOOK II - PARADISE REGAINED
  • A COMEBACK FELLOW
  • Chapter Forty-Eight A President's Epiphany
  • Chapter Forty-Nine Mexico: The First Crisis of the Twenty-First Century
  • Chapter Fifty Dying By The Sword
  • Chapter Fifty-One The General's Doorbell
  • Chapter Fifty-Two A New Strategy
  • Chapter Fifty-Three State of the Union 1995
  • Chapter Fifty-Four The Turning Point
  • OKLAHOMA CITY
  • Chapter Fifty-Five The Plot Against America
  • Chapter Fifty-Six His Finest Hour
  • Chapter Fifty-Seven In the Aftermath of Oklahoma
  • TURNING THE BATTLESHIP
  • Chapter Fifty-Eight Triangulating Morris
  • Chapter Fifty-Nine First Veto
  • Chapter Sixty Endgame
  • COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
  • Chapter Sixty-One Srebrenica
  • Chapter Sixty-Two Operation Deliberate Force
  • Chapter Sixty-Three Affirmative Actions
  • Chapter Sixty-Four Peace in Bosnia
  • Chapter Sixty-Five A Historic Power Struggle
  • THE FULL CLINTON
  • Chapter Sixty-Six In the Pinching Cave
  • Chapter Sixty-Seven Achilles' Heel
  • Chapter Sixty-Eight Standards of Behaviour
  • Chapter Sixty-Nine Cease-Fire
  • Chapter Seventy King Billy
  • THEATER OF THE ABSURD
  • Chapter Seventy-One A Gift from Heaven
  • Chapter Seventy-Two The Second Suicide
  • Chapter Seventy-Three A Winner Emerges
  • MONICA, ACT II
  • Chapter Seventy-Four Dole's Faustian Bargain
  • Chapter Seventy-Five Inquisition
  • Chapter Seventy-Six Bound to Blab
  • Chapter Seventy-Seven Beating Republicans at Their Own Game
  • EXIT MONICA
  • Chapter Seventy-Eight Getting Rid of the Clutch
  • Chapter Seventy-Nine The Death of Ron Brown
  • THE SUMMER OF '96
  • Chapter Eighty A Darker Challenge
  • Chapter Eighty-One Outflanking Dole
  • Chapter Eighty-Two The Fall of Morris
  • THE DEBATES
  • Chapter Eighty-Three Dole's Prayers Are Not Answered
  • Chapter Eighty-Four A Question of Character
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index