Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal - Couverture rigide

Chafe, William H.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0809094657 ISBN 13 : 9780809094653

Editeur : Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S., 2012

Synopsis

In "Private Lives/Public Consequences" and in "Never Stop Running", his critically acclaimed biography of Allard Lowenstein, William H. Chafe has written powerfully about the relationship between personality and politics. "Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal" represents the culmination of this approach to political history. Having written widely on civil rights and women's history, Chafe brings the themes of all his scholarship together in this book about the Clintons' "co-presidency," two people committed to both sex and race equality. From the beginning, Chafe argues, the personal chemistry between the Clintons shaped definitively their political careers. She was instrumental in his triumphs as Arkansas governor and "saved" his presidential candidacy by standing with him during the Gennifer Flowers sex scandal. He responded by delegating presidential powers to her that no other First Lady had ever exercised. Often tempestuous, their relationship had as many lows as it did highs, but the trajectory of the Clintons' political lives can only be understood through the prism of their personal relationship. Full of insights about health care, Kenneth Starr, and welfare reform, "Bill and Hillary" gives texture and depth to the Clintons' lives, including the extent to which the Lewinsky scandal finally freed Hillary to become a politician in her own right and return to the consensus reformer she had been in college and law school.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Chafe understands, as do too few historians and biographers, that the personal and public lives of political figures cannot be separated . . . [and he] is quite right to insist that the stories of Bill and Hillary Clinton prove the point."
--Jonathan Yardley, "The Washington Post
""Riveting . . . Chafe sees clearly what we who were there, chronicling the Clintons in real time, missed."
--David M. Shribman, "The Boston Globe
""Chafe . . . delivers a superior portrait of how the dynamic between Bill and Hillary Clinton affected their achievements in public life."
--"Publishers Weekly"(starred review)
"An engaging look at the personal relationship behind one of the most powerful political marriages in the nation's history."
--"Booklist
""An illuminating glimpse behind the scenes."
--"Kirkus
""General readers and political junkies will enjoy this reasoned account."
--"Library Journal
""Not since Franklin and Eleanor has a power couple in the White House fascinated the public as much as Bill and Hillary. How did their personal journeys--especially their marriage--shape the Clinton years? For those of us who worked with the Clintons, this book, by one of the nation's best historians, brings a keen eye and fresh insights to the intersection of their personalities and their exercise of power."
--David Gergen, senior political analyst for CNN and adviser to four U.S. presidents
"A fascinating analysis of how Bill and Hillary Clinton's different family backgrounds and complicated marital history shaped their political fortunes. William H. Chafe documents how the personal relationship between these two brilliant but flawed individuals created blind spots and self-defeating behaviors that often undermined their ability to further the political and ethical goals they sincerely supported. Beautifully written."
--Stephanie Coontz, author of "A Strange Stirring: "The Feminine Mystique "and American Wom

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0809094657
• ISBN 13: 9780809094653
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible