Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface xi
5. Bill Clinton’s Road to the White House xv
6. Introduction: History and Bill Clinton 1
7. Part I. Politics
8. 1. Redividing Government: National Elections in the Clinton Years and Beyond 25
9. 2. Triangulation: Position and Leadership in Clinton’s Domestic Policy 46
10. Part II. Domestic and Economic Policy
11. 3. Compromise and Confrontation: Clinton’s Evolving Relationship with Congress 79
12. 4. Root Canal Politics: Economic Policy Making in the New Administration 104
13. 5. The Broken Places: The Clinton Impeachment and American Politics 123
14. 6. Clinton and Welfare Reform: An Oral History 152
15. 7. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Recasting the Role of First Lady 174
16. Part III. Foreign Policy
17. 8. The Reluctant Grand Strategist at War: Diplomacy and Force in Bosnia and Kosovo 193
18. 9. Peacemaker’s Progress: Bill Clinton, Northern Ireland, and the Middle East 214
19. Conclusion: Clinton’s Legacy for Politics and Government 234
20. Appendix 1: Interviewees for the William J. Clinton Presidential History Project 267
21. Appendix 2: Interviewers for the William J. Clinton Presidential History Project 271
22. Notes 275
23. List of Contributors 313
24. Index 315