In Search of Bill Clinton: A Psychological Biography - Softcover

Gartner, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312596839 ISBN 13: 9780312596835

Publisher: Griffin, 2009

Synopsis

Bill Clinton remains the great American enigma. John Gartner, a practicing psychologist, unravels the mystery of Clinton's complex nature by questioning the well-crafted Clinton life story we thought we knew. Travelling through Arkansas, Gartner uncovered long-held secrets about Clinton's wild and seductive mother, Virginia Kelley, the truth surrounding Clinton's birth and how Kelley's character set the tone for Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky. He considers Clinton's two fathers and how they might have contributed to his self-destructive nature and looks afresh at Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to see in her the figure of Edith Cassidy, Clinton's stern grandmother who set limits on him at an early age. "In Search Of Bill Clinton" puts our 42nd President on the couch for the first time and tells us, finally, what makes him tick.

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Product Description:

In Search of Bill Clinton Bill Clinton remains the great American enigma. This title unravels the mystery of Clinton's complex nature by questioning the well-crafted Clinton life story we thought we knew. It puts our 42nd President on the couch and tells us, finally, what makes him tick.

Review:

"John Gartner's new book In Search of Bill Clinton will, I think, help solve the riddle of the forty-second President: how a man with such superhuman talent could risk his entire life's work, as he did over Monica Lewinsky. In a wonderfully engaging quest, Gartner - a highly-experienced therapist - does what no psychologist has bothered to do over the past two decades of Clinton-watching: interview those who grew up with the man, and have intimate knowledge of his strengths and weaknesses. Written with lucidity, humor, compassion and amazing insight, it is a tour de force that not only helps explain one of the smartest yet complex men of our time, but shines a fascinating spotlight onto the problem of the super-gifted individual in our society." --Nigel Hamilton author of "Bill Clinton: An American Journey" and "Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency"

About this edition

• Publisher: Griffin
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0312596839
• ISBN 13: 9780312596835
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496