The First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.81 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0688177727 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Those who crave sensational tidbits will not be disappointed by the book's "greatest hits" recap of the various Clinton scandals: the suggestion that Bill Clinton used drugs when he was governor; that the Clintons considered divorce; the alleged affair between Hillary and Vince Foster; her use of profanity with Secret Service agents; the banning of Barbra Streisand from the White House; the "kitchen coup"; the pornographic Christmas ornaments; the failure to credit her collaborator on It Takes a Village--not to mention Whitewater, Filegate, Travelgate, Chinagate, and Monicagate. Perhaps Milton's most valuable contribution in The First Partner, though, is to take a hard look at HRC's liberal ideas and politics going back to her college days, including the groups to which she has belonged and the people with whom she has associated. Hillary Rodham's upbringi
She also examines Clinton's attempts to reconcile a host of contradictions--feminist convictions in painful collision with family commitment; philosophical beliefs in conflict with political reality; the precarious balance between professional ambition, public image, and private life. In The First Partner, acclaimed biographer Joyce Milton goes beyond the headlines and offers real insight into Clinton's character, her values, and her career.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Milton offrs new perspectives on the firestorms that have raged about Clinton, from the health-care fiasco to Whitewater to the Lewinsiky scandal. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Hillary Rodham Clinton has fascina
Ken Eliasberg said Milton has done an excellent job of laying out the real Hillary Clinton in. Well researched, well written, and well worth reading. Ms. Milton has done an excellent job of laying out the real Hillary Clinton in full detail - and it ain't a pretty sight. "Bad as biography, worse as a means to understand HRC." according to A Customer. I find Hillary Rodham Clinton to be a puzzling figure, and looked to this biography to help me sort out the information about her--good and bad. However, this book is nothing new--almost all of it is combed from other published sources. It's only theme about HRC seems to be to point out how evil she is. One revelation is that--surprise surprise--Rodham had inconsistent politics as a coll. Excellent source of information on Hillary A Customer I was eager to learn more about Hillary and this book has been very informative. I am appalled to learn how leftist she really is, how she became influenced in the 60s by the counter-culture and hasn't much changed from that anti-family, pro-big-Brother way of thinking. She curses like a sailor, disdains the "common folk," and despises the press for reporting her husband's Olympian-level