Bill Clinton

David H. Bennett is Meredith Professor of History in the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. He is the author of Demagogues in the Depression: American Radicals and the Union Party, 1932-1936 and The Party of Fear: The American Far Right from Nativism to the Militia Movement.

• Prologue: Inauguration 1993Chapter 1 The Boy from Hope Becomes "The Man from Hope"Chapter 2 To the White HouseChapter 3 Building the Bridge: Clinton’s Domestic AgendaChapter 4 Foreign Challenges in a Post-Cold War EnvironmentChapter 5 The Politics of Scandal and the Impeachment CrisisChapter 6 After the White HouseEpilogue: On the Question of Presidential GreatnessDocumentsBibliographyIndex

"This is the Clinton book that college professors have been waiting for. Bennett’s tour de force offers a Clinton-in-context, as he constructs a concise, objective, and readable biography of Bill Clinton, then uses that biography to highlight many of the major issues of modern American history. Bennett offers us a challenging, fascinating biography, as well as a perfect teaching tool."– John Robert Greene, author of The Presidency of George Bush"This compelling biography of Bill Clinton is the first by a distinguished scholar of the presidency – and likely to remain the best for a long time to come. Bennett brings historical perspective to the achievements and trials of our 42nd chief executive while narrating a remarkable career with lucidity and insight."– Strobe Talbott, president of the Brookings Institution"Bennett offers a concise yet thorough biography of the 42nd president of the US… this book [is] a reader-friendly biography that counterbalances the right-wing assessment of the Clinton administration. Summing Up: Recommended" -J.R. Hedtke, Cabrini College in CHOICE