Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary pdf

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Her Way
: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Jeff Gerth, Don Van Natta Jr.
464 pages | 2008

http://www.amazon.com/Her-Way-Ambitions-Hillary-Clinton/dp/0316017426/ref=tag_dpp_lp_edpp_ttl_in

Hardcover: 438 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition (June 8, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316017426
ISBN-13: 978-0316017428
From Publishers Weekly
Gertz was one of the New York Times investigative reporters who started poking around the Whitewater case, but that doesn't mean readers should expect any four-alarm scandals from this unauthorized biography. Even with never-before-seen material from sources like White House counsel Vince Foster's notebooks, the worst Gertz and Van Natta (First Off the Tee) can say about Senator Clinton is that she may have padded her fees as a corporate lawyer and is lax about the required paperwork for hiring staff advisors. Their primary contention about Clinton-that she's a "meticulous architect of her persona" with "an almost scientific devotion to self-creation" and an unwillingness to admit to her mistakes-is hardly news, although a ballyhooed "secret pact," in which she and Bill planned from the earliest days of their marriage to maneuver him into the White House, may raise eyebrows. The profile in ambition is rich in anecdote, spending far more time on Clinton's Senate career than Carl Bernstein's bio. Far from a conservative hit job, their reportage tends to focus on public reaction to Clinton rather than to her politics, with the notable exception of her 2002 vote to support George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, including her vocal support of the theory that Saddam Hussein supported Al Qaeda, and her subsequent attempts to reinvent herself as an anti-war presidential candidate without refuting her previous position. The analysis of the early stages of her presidential campaign is somewhat hurried by necessity, but effectively supplements the balanced character study. Though they face stiff competition, Gertz and Van Natta's version of events is poised to gain traction.
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From Booklist
Since New York Times reporters Gerth and Van Natta's book on Hillary Clinton appears only a few weeks after Carl Bernstein's A Woman in Charge, it is difficult to review the new entry without comparing it to what came before. When put side by side, this book is the far inferior work. One reason why can be found in the authors' notes. Although Clinton was not interviewed for either work, Bernstein clearly had access to friends and family, which makes his book far richer. For instance, he takes several chapters to chronicle Hillary's formative years and includes an array of insightful quotes and commentary that helps explain what shaped her. Gerth and Van Natta wrap up the early years more quickly, using virtually nothing beyond familiar incidents and material from Clinton's autobiography. In later chapters, Her Way relies heavily on information from Kenneth Starr and others from the Office of the Independent Counsel, all of whom clearly still have an ax to grind, slanting the material. One of the "scoops" of this book is the (flimsily sourced) news that the Clintons made a pact decades ago that both would have eight-year presidential terms, making Hillary seem even more calculating than usual. In the final pages, the authors do admit that their subject has strength of will, but their tone, and most of what comes before, makes even this seem like an undesirable characteristic. Cooper, Ilene
Review
All in all, I found this audio book very interesting. My recommendation is that everyone should read this book even for discussion purposes. It would be a great topic around he mourning "water coolers". --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Jeff Gerth has been a New York Times reporter for more than a quarter century. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 as a member of the Times team that disclosed the corporate sale of American technology to China. Gerth was also the first reporter to break the Whitewater story. Don Van Natta is an investigative correspondent for the New York Times. He has been a member of three Pulitzer Prize-winning teams, and he is the author of the New York Times bestselling First off the Tee: Presidential Hackers, Duffers and Cheaters from Taft to Bush.
From AudioFile
NEW YORK TIMES writers Gerth and Van Natta have teamed up to write an unauthorized biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton. While they point out that Clintons inner circle did not authorize the writing of the book, nor would they participate in it, there is nothing newly controversial here. Erik Singer narrates with a decidedly nonpartisan voice, keeping a neutral but interested tone as he takes listeners through the workings of the Rose law firm, the Whitewater scandal, the Monica Lewinsky fiasco, fund-raising issues, and Clintons Congressional record. The authors paint a fairly balanced portrait of the former first lady and current senator and presidential hopeful, focusing on her strengths and shortcomings with equal measure. Singer maintains that balance and keeps the book moving. H.L.S. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.