The Hunting of the President: The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton
by:
Joe Conason (author)
Gene Lyons (author)
When Hillary Clinton spoke of "a vast right-wing conspiracy" determined to bring down the president, many people dismissed the idea. Yet if the first lady's accusation was exaggerated, the facts that have since emerged point toward a covert and often concerted effort by Bill Clinton's...
show more
When Hillary Clinton spoke of "a vast right-wing conspiracy" determined to bring down the president, many people dismissed the idea. Yet if the first lady's accusation was exaggerated, the facts that have since emerged point toward a covert and often concerted effort by Bill Clinton's enemies--abetted by his own reckless behavior--which led inexorably to impeachment. Clinton's foes launched a cascade of well-financed attacks that undermined American democracy and nearly destroyed the Clinton presidency.In vivid prose, Joe Conason and Gene Lyons, two award-winning veteran journalists, identify the antagonists, reveal their tactics, trace the millions of dollars that subsidized them, and examine how and why mainstream news organizations aided those who were determined to bring down Bill Clinton, The Hunting of the President may very well be the All the President's Men of this political regime.
show less
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312245474 (0312245475)
Publish date: March 9th 2000
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
This is a very journalistic, detailed look at the players involved in the “vast, right-wing conspiracy” to take down Clinton. In fact the extreme level of detail makes it a bit much to slog through, but it is still worth the effort, even if it remains impossible to keep all the names straight. (In 2...