A Complicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who Know Him
by Takiff, Michael
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- Hardcover
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- Very good in very good dust jacket. Small creases at bottom corner of several pages. DJ has slight edge wear and soiling.
- ISBN 10
- 030012130X
- ISBN 13
- 9780300121308
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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Small creases at bottom corner of several pages. DJ has slight edge wear and soiling.. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xi, [3], 496 p. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Michael Takiff is a Yale graduate whose writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Washington Post. He is the son of a World War II veteran and lives in New York City. Though Bill Clinton has been out of office since 2001, public fascination with him continues unabated. Many books about Clinton have been published in recent years, but shockingly, no single-volume biography covers the full scope of Clinton's life from the cradle to the present day, not even Clinton's own account, "My Life". More troubling still, books on Clinton have tended to be highly polarized, casting the former president in an overly positive or negative light. In this, the first complete oral history of Clinton's life, historian Michael Takiff presents the first truly balanced book on one of our nation's most controversial and fascinating presidents. Through more than 150 chronologically arranged interviews with key figures including Bob Dole, James Carville, and Tom Brokaw, among many others, "A Complicated Man" goes far beyond the well-worn party-line territory to capture the larger-than-life essence of Clinton the man. With the tremendous attention given to the Lewinsky scandal, it is easy to overlook the president's humble upbringing, as well as his many achievements at home and abroad: the longest economic boom in American history, a balanced budget, successful intervention in the Balkans, and a series of landmark-if controversial-free-trade agreements. Through the candid recollections of Takiff's many subjects, "A Complicated Man" leaves no area unexplored, revealing the most complete and unexpected portrait of our forty-second president published to date.
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- Title
- A Complicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who Know Him
- Author
- Takiff, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Small creases at bottom corner of several pages. DJ has slight edge wear and soiling.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 030012130X
- ISBN 13
- 9780300121308
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Jonathan Alter, Paul Begala, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Max Brantley, James Carville, Sam Donaldson, Newt Gingrich, Harold Ickes, Terry McAuliffe, Elaine Kamarcky, Mickey Kantor, Monica Lewinsky
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