Synopses & Reviews
Who is Bill Clinton?
A man whose presidency was disgraced by impeachment -- yet who remains one of the most popular presidents of our time.
A man whose autobiography, My Life, was panned by critics as a self-indulgent daily diary -- but rode the bestseller lists for months.
A man whose policies changed America at the close of the twentieth century -- yet whose weakness left us vulnerable to terror at the dawn of the twenty-first.
No one better understands the inner Bill Clinton, that creature of endless and vexing contradiction, than Dick Morris. From the Arkansas governor's races through the planning of the triumphant 1996 reelection, Morris was Clinton's most valued political adviser. Now, in the wake of Clinton's million-selling memoir My Life, Morris and his wife, Eileen McGann, set the record straight with Because He Could, a frank and perceptive deconstruction of the story Clinton tells -- and the many more revealing stories he leaves untold.
With the same keen insight they brought to Hillary Clinton's life in their recent bestseller Rewriting History, Morris and McGann uncover the hidden sides of the complicated and sometimes dysfunctional former president. Whereas Hillary is anxious to mask who she really is, they show, Bill Clinton inadvertently reveals himself at every turn -- as both brilliant and undisciplined, charming yet often filled with rage, willing to take wild risks in his personal life but deeply reluctant to use the military to protect our national security. The Bill Clinton who emerges is familiar -- reflexively blaming every problem on right-wing persecutors or naïve advisers -- but also surprising: passive, reactive, working desperately to solve a laundry list of social problems yet never truly grasping the real thrust of his own presidency. And while he courted danger in his personal life, the authors argue that Clinton's downfall has far less to do with his private demons than with his fear of the one person who controlled his future: his own first lady.
Sharp and stylishly written, full of revealing insider anecdotes, Because He Could is a fresh and probing portrait of one of the most fascinating, and polarizing, figures of our time.
Synopsis
No one better understands the inner Bill Clinton, that creature of endless and vexing contradiction, than Dick Morris. In the wake of Clinton's wildly popular autobiography
My Life, Morris and his wife, Eileen McGann, set the record straight with the bestselling
Because He Could, a frank and perceptive deconstruction of the story Clinton tells -- and the many more stories he leaves untold. Revealing the hidden sides of the complicated and sometimes dysfunctional former president, Morris and McGann expose a figure who is brilliant but undisciplined, charming yet volatile, willing to take wild risks in his personal life but deeply reluctant to use the military to protect our national security. The Bill Clinton who emerges is familiar -- reflexively blaming every problem on right-wing persecutors or naïve advisers -- but also surprising: passive, reactive, working desperately to solve a laundry list of social problems. His downfall, the authors argue, has far less to do with his private demons than with his fear of the one person who controlled his future: his own first lady.
Full of compelling insider anecdotes, Because He Could is a probing portrait of one of the most fascinating, and polarizing, figures of our time.
Synopsis
By the author of the phenomenal bestseller
Rewriting History, Bill Clinton's longtime adviser offers his
New York Timesandndash;bestselling answer to
Clinton's My Life.
No one knows more about the inner Bill Clintonandndash;and is willing to talk about itandndash;than Dick Morris. From Clinton's days as Arkansas governor, through the planning of his triumphant reelection in 1996, he was an open book to Morris, his most valued political adviser. Now, in the wake of Clinton's mega bestseller My Life, Morris sets the record straight with this chapterandndash;andandndash;verse corrective.
Just as he did with Hillary Clinton, in this year's bestselling Rewriting History, Morris reexamines every highlight of the former President's massive, exhausting, and selfandndash;indulgent autobiography. Filling in parts of the story Clinton left unmentioned, Morris addresses the many questions left by this endlessly contradictory politician:
oIs he the passionate advocate for individual responsibility, or a poster boy for selfandndash;indulgence?
oThe innocent victim of Republican persecution, or a cunning conman who carelessly danced on the edge of public and private morality?
oThe dedicated opponent of international terror, or the signal man asleep at the switch?
oThe product of a difficult childhood who internalized his anger, or a rageandndash;filled partisan lashing out at anyone in his way?
Scrutinizing Clinton's 900andndash;page bookandndash;and his even bigger personalityandndash;Dick Morris (and his wife, Eileen McGann) reveal the true Bill Clinton: someone sophisticated yet crass, thoughtful yet reckless, and torn, permanently, between ambition and selfandndash;destruction. Sure to fascinate and infuriate readers of all stripes, Because He Couldis a fair and fullandndash;bodied portrait of a man for whom "All of the above" are words to live by.
Synopsis
< p=""> By the author of the phenomenal bestseller < i=""> Rewriting History<> , Bill Clinton's longtime adviser offers his < i=""> New York Times<> & ndash; bestselling answer to < i=""> Clinton's My Life<> . <> < p=""> No one knows more about the inner Bill Clinton& ndash; and is willing to talk about it& ndash; than Dick Morris. From Clinton's days as Arkansas governor, through the planning of his triumphant reelection in 1996, he was an open book to Morris, his most valued political adviser. Now, in the wake of Clinton's mega bestseller < i=""> My Life<> , Morris sets the record straight with this chapter& ndash; and& ndash; verse corrective.<> < p=""> Just as he did with Hillary Clinton, in this year's bestselling < i=""> Rewriting History<> , Morris reexamines every highlight of the former President's massive, exhausting, and self& ndash; indulgent autobiography. Filling in parts of the story Clinton left unmentioned, Morris addresses the many questions left by this endlessly contradictory politician: <> < p=""> oIs he the passionate advocate for individual responsibility, or a poster boy for self& ndash; indulgence?<> < p=""> oThe innocent victim of Republican persecution, or a cunning conman who carelessly danced on the edge of public and private morality? <> < p=""> oThe dedicated opponent of international terror, or the signal man asleep at the switch?<> < p=""> oThe product of a difficult childhood who internalized his anger, or a rage& ndash; filled partisan lashing out at anyone in his way? <> < p=""> Scrutinizing Clinton's 900& ndash; pagebook& ndash; and his even bigger personality& ndash; Dick Morris (and his wife, Eileen McGann) reveal the true Bill Clinton: someone sophisticated yet crass, thoughtful yet reckless, and torn, permanently, between ambition and self& ndash; destruction. Sure to fascinate and infuriate readers of all stripes, < i=""> Because He Could<> is a fair and full& ndash; bodied portrait of a man for whom All of the above are words to live by. <>
About the Author
Dick Morris served as Bill Clinton's political consultant for twenty years. A regular political commentator on Fox News, he is the author of ten
New York Times bestsellers (all with Eileen McGann) and one
Washington Post bestseller.
Eileen McGann is an attorney who, with her husband, Dick, writes columns for the New York Post and for their website, dickmorris.com. She has written extensively about the abuses of Congress and the need for reform.