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Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal
Contributor(s): Chafe, William H. (Author)
ISBN: 0822357194     ISBN-13: 9780822357193
Publisher: Duke University Press
OUR PRICE:   $26.55  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State
- Biography & Autobiography | Political
- History | United States - 20th Century
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2013041387
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 400 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
 
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In Bill and Hillary, one of our preeminent historians, William H. Chafe, boldly argues that the trajectory of the Clintons' political lives can be understood only through the prism of their personal relationship. From the day they first met at Yale Law School, Bill and Hillary were inseparable, even though their relationship was inherently volatile. The personal dynamic between them would go on to determine their political fates. Hillary was instrumental in Bill's triumphs as Arkansas's governor, and she saved his presidential candidacy in 1992 by standing with him during the Gennifer Flowers sex scandal. He responded by delegating to her powers that no other First Lady had ever exercised. Always tempestuous, their relationship had as many lows as highs, from near divorce to stunning electoral and political successes. Chafe's penetrating insights-into subjects such as health care, Kenneth Starr, welfare reform, and the extent to which the Lewinsky scandal finally freed Hillary to become a politician in her own right-add texture and depth to our understanding of the Clintons' experience together. Bill and Hillary is the definitive account of the Clintons' relationship and its far-reaching impact on American political life.