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The Truth of Power : Intellectual Affairs in the Clinton White House / Benjamin Barber.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political HistoryPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231144391
  • 9780231534864
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.929092 22
LOC classification:
  • E886.2 .B37 2008
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PREFACE -- 1. The Road to Camp David -- 2. Don't Stop Thinking about Tomorrow -- 3. Arguments at Laurel Lodge -- 4. The Art of Speechwriting -- 5. A Blizzard in D.C. -- 6. The Community Service President -- 7. Chairman of the NEH (Not!) -- 8. Hollywood East-A Dinner at the White House -- 9. A Guest from the Harding Era -- 10. Clinton vs. Jihad vs. McWorld -- 11. Hillary Takes Over -- 12. The End of the Affair and the Legacy Question -- AFTERWORD: Clinton Recidivus -- INDEX
Summary: In 1994 Benjamin R. Barber was invited by President Clinton to participate in a seminar on the future of democratic ideas and ideals. Following their meeting, Barber became an informal consultant to the Clinton White House, working with a president who proved to be an astonishing listener open to a variety of ideas. Barber's experiences were unexpected and enlightening-the most unpredictable being his interactions with the president himself.Barber's meditation on Bill Clinton's tenure in office offers a balanced and complex portrait of the Clinton administration, especially in its relationship to America's intellectual and scholarly community. Barber also identifies the true faultlines of power that future candidates must negotiate if they are to win an election. For this edition, Barber has written a new afterword reflecting on Clinton's "vision" problem, his controversial role in shaping today's Democratic Party, and his efforts to confront the challenges of interdependence and terrorism. He concludes with a provocative assessment of Hillary Clinton as a Democratic primary candidate in the battle for the presidency.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PREFACE -- 1. The Road to Camp David -- 2. Don't Stop Thinking about Tomorrow -- 3. Arguments at Laurel Lodge -- 4. The Art of Speechwriting -- 5. A Blizzard in D.C. -- 6. The Community Service President -- 7. Chairman of the NEH (Not!) -- 8. Hollywood East-A Dinner at the White House -- 9. A Guest from the Harding Era -- 10. Clinton vs. Jihad vs. McWorld -- 11. Hillary Takes Over -- 12. The End of the Affair and the Legacy Question -- AFTERWORD: Clinton Recidivus -- INDEX

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In 1994 Benjamin R. Barber was invited by President Clinton to participate in a seminar on the future of democratic ideas and ideals. Following their meeting, Barber became an informal consultant to the Clinton White House, working with a president who proved to be an astonishing listener open to a variety of ideas. Barber's experiences were unexpected and enlightening-the most unpredictable being his interactions with the president himself.Barber's meditation on Bill Clinton's tenure in office offers a balanced and complex portrait of the Clinton administration, especially in its relationship to America's intellectual and scholarly community. Barber also identifies the true faultlines of power that future candidates must negotiate if they are to win an election. For this edition, Barber has written a new afterword reflecting on Clinton's "vision" problem, his controversial role in shaping today's Democratic Party, and his efforts to confront the challenges of interdependence and terrorism. He concludes with a provocative assessment of Hillary Clinton as a Democratic primary candidate in the battle for the presidency.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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