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Informationen zum Autor Nigel Hamilton Klappentext Nigel Hamilton's account of Bill Clinton's early life and career - Bill Clinton: An American Journey - drew widespread praise for its candid reconstruction of the archetypal baby-boomer's extraordinary political ascent! from humble beginnings in small-town Arkansas to the winning of the White House at age 46 in November 1992. Now! in BILL CLINTON: MASTERING THE PRESIDENCY! Nigel Hamilton takes us on another journey: charting the experience of the 42nd President as he took presidential oath of office- and how he fared thereafter in the piranha pool of Washington D.C. Insightful! balanced! prodigiously researched and a joy to read! BILL CLINTON: MASTERING THE PRESIDENCY is set to become! alongside its prequel! the classic story of Clinton's extraordinary effort to be a modern president! in a modern world-and a chronicle one of the most extraordinary reversals of fortune in modern American politics. Zusammenfassung Nigel Hamilton's account of Bill Clinton's early life and career - Bill Clinton: An American Journey - drew widespread praise. Now, in Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency , Nigel Hamilton charts the experience of the 42nd President as he took presidential oath of office- and how he fared therafter in the piranha pool of Washington D.C. Hamilton charts what was possibly the greatest disaster and re-reinvention of a president in office in modern times. How Bill Clinton faced up to his failures, and refashioned himself in the White House is an epic story. With a thriving U.S. economy and hard-won wisdom in international affairs and in combating the rise of terrorism, Clinton would begin his second term as the undisputed, immensely popular leader of the Western world - aware, however, that terrors ant treason within America loomed as large as dangers abroad. Insightful, balanced, prodigiously researched and a joy to read, Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency is set to become, alongside its prequel, the classic story of Clinton's extraordinary effort to be a modern president, in a modern world-and a chronicle one of the most extraordinary reversals of fortune in modern American politics. ...
