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"Working behind the scenes for the eighteen months following Bill Clinton's election, conducting hundreds of interviews with administration insiders and other key officials, and gaining access to confidential internal memos, diaries, and meeting notes, Bob Woodward has discovered how the Clinton White House really works." "Clinton's pledge for a new economic deal was the cornerstone of his 1992 campaign, and fulfilling it has been his central ambition and enterprise as president. By focusing on Clinton's efforts to pass a comprehensive economic recovery plan, Woodward takes us not only to the highest level meetings, the hard-fought debates, and the most difficult decisions but also to the very heart of this presidency - and of this man." "With its day-by-day, often minute-by-minute account, it is one of the most intimate portraits of a sitting president ever published. President Clinton is shown as he debates, scolds, pleads, celebrates, and rages in anger and frustration. What emerges also is a group portrait of Clinton's innermost circle of advisers in action - including his wife, Hillary; Vice President Al Gore; Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen and the economic team; George Stephanopoulos and David Gergen and the White House staff; James Carville, Paul Begala, and the other outside political strategists; Congressional leaders; and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan." "Using his proven research method - returning time and again to key sources and relying on the paper trail of internal documentation - Woodward has assembled an extensive archive of the early Clinton presidency. This microscopic examination of the Clintons and this administration, working under pressure on the nation's most important task, reveals the deep and still unsettled conflicts among President Clinton's advisers and within himself. The questions about the federal deficit, health care, welfare reform, taxes, jobs, government spending, interest rates, the roles and responsibilities of the middle class, the wealthy, and the poor are of lasting importance. How they are being answered affects each person in the country."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Library Journal Review

Watergate sleuth Woodward (All the President's Men, 1974) turns his attention to the Clinton administration and unveils a complicated, temperamental, and visionary leader. Beginning with Clinton's entry into the presidential race and continuing through his first year in office, Woodward records the pulse of a leader deeply committed to making profound changes. In his introduction, Woodward states his intent to fill the void between journalism and history by providing accurate, in-depth narratives based upon exhaustive research and documentation. The listener is given details without a critique of the President's actions. Narrator Kevin Spacey is simply excellent at conveying the urgency, idealism, and confusion evident during Clinton's early months. All libraries should purchase.-Ray Vignovich, West Des Moines P.L., Ia. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly Review

Journalist Woodward's fast-paced behind-the-scenes look at the Clinton administration was a 13-week PW bestseller. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Booklist Review

This book was kept under wraps until the week of publication, with no galley proofs distributed to reviewing media. Frankly, though, there's nothing all that sensational here. The gossipy stuffstories about the Clinton administration's disorganization or accounts of sharp words between Gore and Clintonhas already been hashed over by numerous Washington watchers. The book that remains is a fairly dry analysis of Clinton's economic policy, how it was developed, how it evolved, who was behind it, who was against it, and what machinations were necessary to get the plan passed (barely). Beginning with All the President's Men and extending throughout his career, Bob Woodward has always been able to tap sources no one else can get to talk. All of President Clinton's closest advisers are quoted here, and to date, no one has said the quotes are inaccurate. There is even a scene in the Clintons' bedroom where the couple discuss whether or not the then-governor will make a presidential bid. Did one of the duo tell Woodward this story, or was he hiding under the bed? In the end, Woodward's journalistic methods may be the most interesting thing about this supposedly hot book. Unless you're a policy wonk, consider it dull reading. No wonder Simon & Schuster didn't send out any galleys. (Reviewed July 1994)0671864866Ilene Cooper

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Bob Woodward is the author or co-author of seven #1 national bestsellers, including "All the President's Men," "The Brethren," & "The Agenda." He is Assistant Managing Editor of "The Washington Post" & lives in Washington, D.C.

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