𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚: 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞

Author: Bob Woodward, 352 trang, bìa cứng có bìa áo, tình trạng tốt
Working behind the scenes for the 18 months following Bill Clinton’s election, conducting hundreds of interviews with administration insiders & other key officials, & gaining access to confidential internal memos, diaries & meeting notes, Bob Woodward has discovered how the Clinton White House really works. Clinton’s pledge for a new economic deal was the cornerstone of his 1992 campaign, & fulfilling it has been his central ambition & enterprise as president. By focusing on Clinton’s efforts to pass a comprehensive economic recovery plan, Woodward takes us not only to the highest level meetings, the hard-fought debates & the most difficult decisions but also to the very hear of this presidency–& of this man. With its day-by-day, often minute-by-minute account, it’s one of the most intimate portraits of a sitting president ever published. Clinton is shown as he debates, scolds, pleads, celebrates, & rages in anger & frustration. What emerges also is a group portrait of Clinton’s innermost circle of advisers in action– including his wife, Hillary; Vice President Al Gore; Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen & the economic team; George Stephanopoulos & David Gergen & the White House staff; James Carville, Paul Begala, & the other outside political strategists; Congressional leaders; & Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan. Using his proven research method–returning time & again to key sources & relying on the paper trail of internal documentation–Woodward has assembled an extensive archive of the early Clinton presidency. This microscopic examination of the Clintons & this administration, working under pressure on the nation’s most important task, reveals the deep & still unsettled conflicts among Clinton’s advisers & within himself. The questions about the federal deficit, health care, welfare reform, taxes, jobs, government spending, interest rates, the roles & responsibilities of the middle class, the wealthy, & the poor are of lasting importance. How they are being answered affects each person in the country.