Bill Clinton
Mastering the Presidency

I actually learned more about Newt Gingrich,Dick Morris, and current CIA Head Leon Panetta in this book than I would have expected. Very insightful - certainly changed my opinions on some things......more

The most powerful position in the world needs lots of character and lots of personality. Bill Clinton was a natural middle ground seeker, a reconciliating politician. His philandering put him in a devastating position in his personal relationships and reduced his moral standing and ate through his p......more

This is the second in what I assume is a trilogy on Bill Clinton. Having read the first a few years ago, I was looking forward to the next one. I only have a vague memory of his early first term, but I was surprised to be reminded of how chaotic his beginnings were, how laughable the management of s......more

This book makes me sad that there's no Nigel Hamilton book on Clinton's second term; at least not yet. I learned a lot. The book does seem to have a left wing bias, though not enough that I found it particularly troubling. Hamilton sure loves his metaphors! Occasionally I really enjoyed them; such a......more

Good writing, but Mr. Hamilton is obviously very biased. That in itself is not a problem, but his use of epithets and perjoratives against conservatives is excessive.......more