In 1998, Hillary Rodham Clinton
became the most admired woman in America while also becoming the most
visibly wronged wife in the world. Standing by her husband, President
Bill Clinton, as she and the nation learned the truth behind the Monica
Lewinsky scandal, the First Lady assumed two roles--dutiful spouse and
passionate defense attorney--which she had played on numerous occasions
during the course of their tumultuous yet politically unified
relationship.
Now esteemed biographer and journalist Joyce Milton
examines this formidable, fascinating woman, giving probing insight into
the First Lady's character, her values and her career. In The First Partner,
Milton goes behind the scenes at the Clinton White House and explores
the First Lady's involvement in Travelgate, Filegate, the Health Care
Task Force fiasco and fund-raising for the 1996 presidential campaign,
showing how these controversies grew out of the tensions in her
political partnership with Bill Clinton. Milton also describes how Mrs.
Clinton's defensive reactions to her husband's chronic infidelities have
often misfired and have sometimes enabled his bad behavior. She
examines the differing psychologies of the President and First Lady, yet
shows that when faced with political accusations, they take a similar
approach of telling only as much of the truth as is necessary--a
reaction that has increasingly gotten them into trouble.
Meticulously reported and researched, The First Partner offers keen new understanding of this complex woman who has infuriated and confounded as many people as she has inspired. | |
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