Description
The Agenda is a day-by-day, often minute-by-minute account of Bill Clinton's White House. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, confidential internal memos, diaries, and meeting notes, Woodward shows how Clinton and his advisers grappled with questions of lasting importance -- the federal deficit, health care, welfare reform, taxes, jobs. One of the most intimate portraits of a sitting president ever published, this edition includes an afterword on Clinton's efforts to save his presidency.The Agenda" is a great read. It is an authoritative, behind-the-scenes look at how things get done inside the Clinton White House....The pace is fast, the quotes are crisp, and the scenes are often dramatic....spellbinding political drama.
-- Robert A. Rankin, "Philadelphia Inquirer
" A blistering book....Books and various publications...routinely purport to take readers 'inside' powerful institutions. Woodward delivers on the promise in a way that other journalists almost never do....The turmoil at the White House, together with Clinton's penchant for brinksmanship, make the tale exciting.
-- Evan Thomas, "Newsweek"
"The Washington Post's" famed sleuth offers a tantalizingly voyeuristic glimpse inside the Clinton White House....Delightfully new details, all.
-- "The Economist
"The Washington Post's" famed sleuth offers a tantalizingly voyeuristic glimpse inside the Clinton White House....Delightfully new details, all.
-- "The Economist
ISBN:9780671666842
