{"product_id":"42-9780801456893","title":"42","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book uses hundreds of hours of newly opened interviews and other sources to illuminate the life and times of the nation''s forty-second president, Bill Clinton. Combining the authoritative perspective of these inside accounts with the analytic powers of some of America's most distinguished presidential scholars, the essays assembled here offer a major advance in our collective understanding of the Clinton White House. Included are path-breaking chapters on the major domestic and foreign policy initiatives of the Clinton years, as well as objective discussions of political success and failure. \u003ci\u003e42\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to make extensive use of previously closed interviews collected for the Clinton Presidential History Project, conducted by the Presidential Oral History Program of the University of Virginia's Miller Center. These interviews, recorded by teams of scholars working under a veil of strict confidentiality, explored officials' memories of their service with President\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"42 hits a home run. From its introduction to its conclusion, this lively collection of essays by the nation's leading presidential scholars dissects the presidency of Bill Clinton by exploiting a unique resource: oral history interviews with over 130 individuals, including Cabinet officers, political advisors, members of Congress, and assorted foreign dignitaries. These interviews provide the foundation for a series of astute commentaries on the Clinton presidency. This deftly written and authoritative study is a must-read for students of the American presidency and of contemporary politics.\" -- Stephen F. Knott, Professor of National Security Affairs, United States Naval War College\u003cbr\u003e\"Drawing on the rich resources of the Miller Center's innovative oral history program, 42 offers impressively fair-minded assessments of 'the paradox that was Bill Clinton' and of his `tainted success’ as president.\" -- William E Leuchtenburg, author of \u003ci\u003eThe American President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For anyone interested in Bill Clinton's presidency, nothing compares to the accounts provided here in 42. The accomplished scholars writing in this volume deftly weave insights from an extraordinary collection of on-the-record interviews with key administration officials into a riveting analysis of the political context in which that president—and that paradoxical presidency—both succeeded as well as fell short of expectations. It is all here: deep coverage of domestic policy, foreign policy and party politics of that period provide a thoughtful foundation for understanding the path leading to our contemporary political environment.\" -- Nancy Kassop, State University of New York at New Paltz\u003cbr\u003e\"In 42, Michael Nelson, Barbara A. Perry, and Russell L. Riley have achieved a rare meld of political science analysis and oral history verisimilitude. This is an indispensable document about the Clinton presidency.\" -- David Levering Lewis, Julius Silver University Professor and Professor of HistoryEmeritusNew York University, author of \u003ci\u003eW. E. B. Du Bois\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book makes an original and significant contribution to presidency studies and American politics with its comprehensive assessment of the Clinton presidency. The range of perspectives and topics will engage scholars and policymakers about the political leadership, policy successes, and challenges of one of the most consequential presidencies in the twentieth century. The authors made good use of the unique primary resource of transcripts in the William J. Clinton Presidential History Project of the University of Virginia's Miller Center. By incorporating the perspectives of administration officials into scholarly commentary on politics, domestic policy, and foreign policy, 42 presents a complete and informative evaluation of the Clinton presidency.\" -- Meena Bose, Executive Dean of the Peter S. Kalikow School of GovernmentPublic Policyand International Affairs and Director of the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, Hofstra University, author of \u003ci\u003eShaping and Signaling Presidential Policy: The National Security Decision Making of Eisenhower and Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book contains invaluable, deeply probing, highly readable scholarship on Bill Clinton's remarkable if complicated presidency. 42 profits greatly from a trove of oral history interviews with key participants.\" -- Thomas E. Cronin, Colorado College, co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paradoxes of the American Presidency\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword Elaine Kamarck \u003cbr\u003e Preface Michael Nelson, Barbara A. Perry, and Russell L. Riley Bill Clinton's Road to the White House \u003cbr\u003e Introduction: History and Bill Clinton \u003cbr\u003e Russell L. Riley\u003cbr\u003e Part I POLITICS\u003cbr\u003e 1. Redividing Government: National Elections in the Clinton Years and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e Michael Nelson\u003cbr\u003e 2. Triangulation: Position and Leadership in Clinton’s Domestic Policy \u003cbr\u003e Bruce F. Nesmith and Paul J. Quirk\u003cbr\u003e Part II DOMESTIC AND ECONOMIC POLICY\u003cbr\u003e 3. Compromise and Confrontation: Clinton’s Evolving Relationship with Congress \u003cbr\u003e Sean M. Theriault, Patrick T. Hickey, and Megan Moeller\u003cbr\u003e 4. Root Canal Politics: Economic Policy Making in the New Administration \u003cbr\u003e Brendan J. Doherty\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Broken Places: The Clinton Impeachment and American Politics\u003cbr\u003e Andrew Rudalevige\u003cbr\u003e 6. Clinton and Welfare Reform: An Oral History \u003cbr\u003e Michael Nelson\u003cbr\u003e 7. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Recasting the Role of First Lady \u003cbr\u003e Barbara A. Perry\u003cbr\u003e Part III FOREIGN POLICY\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Reluctant Grand Strategist at War: Diplomacy and Force in Bosnia and Kosovo \u003cbr\u003e Spencer D. Bakich\u003cbr\u003e 9. Peacemaker’s Progress: Bill Clinton, Northern Ireland, and the Middle East \u003cbr\u003e Robert A. Strong\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Clinton’s Legacy for Politics and Government \u003cbr\u003e Sidney M. Milkis\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Interviewees for the William J. Clinton\u003cbr\u003e Presidential History Project \u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: Interviewers for the William J. Clinton\u003cbr\u003e Presidential History Project\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405144957271,"sku":"9780801456893","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801456893.jpg?v=1730488872","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/42-9780801456893","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}