The Clinton Tapes Taylor Branch | ISBN : 1-4165-4334-1

The Clinton Tapes

Author: Taylor Branch

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 01 June, 2010

ISBN: 9781416543343

Pages: 720

Subjects: Biographies, Political science, History, Language arts and disciplines

Available as: Trade Paper, 978-1-4165-4334-3 Trade Cloth, 978-1-4104-2045-9 Trade Cloth, 978-1-4165-4333-6 E-Book - Epublication content package, 978-1-4165-9434-5

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The Clinton Tapes highlights major events of Clinton’s two terms, including war in Bosnia, the anti-deficit crusade, health reform failure, anti-terrorist strikes, peace initiatives, the 1996 re-election campaign, and Whitewater investigations culminating in his 1999 impeachment trial.

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Review Source: Publishers Weekly

Review Date: 2009-11-30

Branch, an acclaimed historian best known for his three-volume biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., met his old friend Bill Clinton for regular discussions in the White House during Clinton's two terms in office. Clinton kept the recordings, but Branch kept scrupulous records of the conversations and mines them for this intimate talkfest. Branch reads his own work, with a peculiar distance from the events he describes; he can no longer summon the emotions of their wide-ranging, frequently turbulent debates. The book is still a valuable addition to the already groaning bookshelf of Clinton books, but Branch's reading adds little to the exchange. A Simon & Schuster hardcover (Reviews, Aug. 10). (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved