| The death of American virtue: Clinton vs. Starr
Book 2222/Completed: 3/10/2010
| Author: | Gormley, Ken. | | Edition: | 1st ed. | | Published: | New York : Crown Publishers, c2010. | | Description: | x, 789 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. | | LC Call No.: | E886.2.G67 2010 | | Dewey No.: | 973.929/092 22 | | ISBN: | 9780307409447 | | 0307409449 | | Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [762]-769) and index. | | A professor at Duquesne University Law School details the wide-ranging investigation into President Clinton that divded the nation and nearly toppled Clinton's presidency. From special prosecutor Kenneth W. Starr's initial probe of the Whitewater land deal in Arkansas to the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit to the Monidca Lewinsky affair, culminating in a dramatic Senate impeachment trial, the author relies on exclusive interviews with President Clinton, Ken Starr, Monica Lewinsky and family, Linda Tripp, Paula Jones, Susan McDougal and many other key players as well as documents from the Justice Dpeartment's internal investigation into Starr. -- Dust jacket. Prelude: collision in the Capitol -- Arkansas mischief -- Pursuing the President -- The Monica thread -- The grand confessional -- High crimes and misdemeanors -- White House exodus. | | Subjects: | Clinton, Bill, 1946- | | Political ethics -- United States. | | Misconduct in office -- United States. | | Clinton, Bill, 1946- -- Relations with women. | | Clinton, Hillary Rodham. | | Starr, Kenneth, 1946- | | Whitewater Inquiry, 1993-2000. | | Governmental investigations -- United States. | | Lewinsky, Monica S. (Monica Samille), 1973- | | Special prosecutors -- United States. | | Clinton, Bill, 1946- -- Impeachment. | | United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001. |
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