Michael Tomasky

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Bill Clinton: The American Presidents Series: The 42nd President, 1993-2001Hardcover, 24 January 2017

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American Presidents
Part of Series
American Presidents (Times)
Print Length
208 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Times Books
Date Published
24 Jan 2017
ISBN-10
1627796762
ISBN-13
9781627796767

Description

The president of larger-than-life ambitions and appetites whose term defined America at the close of the twentieth century

Bill Clinton: a president of contradictions. He was a Rhodes Scholar and a Yale Law School graduate, but he was also a fatherless child from rural Arkansas. He was one of the most talented politicians of his age, but he inspired enmity of such intensity that his opponents would stop at nothing to destroy him. He was the first Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt to win two successive presidential elections, but he was also the first president since Andrew Johnson to be impeached.

In this incisive biography of America's forty-second president, Michael Tomasky examines Clinton's eight years in office, a time often described as one of peace and prosperity, but in reality a time of social and political upheaval, as the culture wars grew ever more intense amid the rise of the Internet (and with it, online journalism and blogging); military actions in Somalia, Iraq, Bosnia, and Kosovo; standoffs at Waco and Ruby Ridge; domestic terrorism in Oklahoma City; and the rise of al-Qaeda. It was a time when Republicans took control of Congress and a land deal gone bad turned into a constitutional crisis, as lurid details of a sitting president's sexual activities became the focus of public debate.

Tomasky's clear-eyed assessment of Clinton's presidency offers a new perspective on what happened, what it all meant, and what aspects continue to define American politics to this day. In many ways, we are still living in the Age of Clinton.

Product Details

Author:
Michael Tomasky
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
24 January 2017
Dimensions:
21.34 x 14.22 x 2.29 cm
ISBN-10:
1627796762
ISBN-13:
9781627796767
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
208
Publisher:
Weight:
299.37 gm

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