by Ken Gormley
First published 2010
A decade after President Clinton's impeachment, Ken Gormley examines the political storm that engulfed Washington. His investigation begins with Ken Starr's Whitewater probe and traces the escalating controversies through Paula Jones's sexual harassment lawsuit to the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Gormley conducted exclusive interviews with the central figures, including Bill Clinton, Ken Starr, Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones, and Susan McDougal. He also accessed previously unreleased Justice Department records investigating Starr's conduct, new information about Vince Foster's death, and legal documents from both prosecution and defense teams. The author presents a measured examination of how personal scandals transformed into constitutional crisis. This political feeding frenzy reshaped American governance and continues influencing contemporary politics. Gormley provides readers with unprecedented access to the key players and hidden documents that drove one of America's most divisive political episodes.
Genres: history, american, political-science, politics, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century, american-history
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Period: 1990s
800 pages · Hardcover · Crown