Synopsis While still a sitting president, Bill Clinton initiated a project to preserve for historians an unfiltered record of presidential experience. Clinton talks intimately over seven years to his long-time friend, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, about what it's like to be president, highlighting major events from Clinton's two terms, including war in Bosnia, the anti-deficit crusade, health reform failure, anti-terrorist strikes, peace initiatives, the 1996 re-election campaign, and Whitewater investigations culminating in his 1999 impeachment trial.--Publisher description.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2009-09-29 |
| Size | | Length: | 707 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.8 in | | Thickness: | 2.2 in | | Weight: | 38.4 oz |
Publisher's Note The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author of Parting the Waters recounts the intimate talks he shared with the forty-second president during the latter's two terms in office, in an account that shares the writer's perspectives on lesser-known aspects of Clinton's private torments, family life at the White House, and presidential challenges.
Industry Reviews "The Bill Clinton who emerges here is a master practitioner of an art that is routinely derided--foolishly--these days: he's an unabashed, unapologetic politician. To the extent that Branch's portrait of the president rescues politics from ignominy, he has done a real public service; that he has done this while vividly portraying an exuberant American original is cause for joy." (09/27/2009)
"...THE CLINTON TAPES proves to be a remarkable read, paying out the huge dividends of history that Branch had hoped for. And as a corollary, Clinton's long-term reputation is bound to take an upward revisionist spike because of this important publication. Love him or hate him, as Branch makes abundantly clear, Clinton was always on the job. Furthermore, with the advantage of hindsight, Clinton's anti-deficit crusade looks downright heroic --as does his Herculean effort to bring human rights to Haiti and Africa." (10/04/2009)
"Every page of THE CLINTON TAPES...has a new plum." (10/11/2009)
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