| The Choice: How Bill Clinton Won Reissue Edition Contributor(s): Woodward, Bob (Author) |
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ISBN: 074328514X ISBN-13: 9780743285148 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $27.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: The intimacy and detail of this book render human the 1996 race for the White House, showing its personal toll on the candidates and their wives. The Choice also exposes how political money, public opinion polling, attack advertising, handlers, consultants, and staff too often drive modern presidential politics. It is the essential story of the nation's most intense political drama. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections - Political Science | American Government - General - Political Science | American Government - National |
| Dewey: 324.973 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.40 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Self-Esteem |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Choice is Bob Woodward's classic story of the quest for power, focusing on the 1996 presidential campaign as a case study of money, public opinion polling, attack advertising, handlers, consultants, and decision making in the midst of electoral uncertainty. President Bill Clinton is examined in full in the contest with Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the Republican presidential nominee. The intimacy and detail of Woodward's account of the candidates and their wives show the epic human struggle in this race for the White House. |
Contributor Bio(s): Woodward, Bob: - Bob Woodward is an associate editor at The Washington Post, where he has worked for forty-seven years. He has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes, first for the Post's coverage of the Watergate scandal with Carl Bernstein, and second in 2003 as the lead reporter for coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has authored or coauthored eighteen books, all of which have been national nonfiction bestsellers. Twelve of those have been #1 national bestsellers. |