Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Prologue: THE ASCENT

Section One

One - BELLS OF HOPE

Two - BEGINNINGS

Three - CROWN JEWEL

Four - HIGH NOON

Five - THE CLINTON STYLE

Six - FACES OF WASHINGTON

Seven - WAGER

Eight - PARTNERS

Nine - WHITEWATER

Ten - HEALTH CARE

Eleven - SEA OF FLAMES

Twelve - FLOOD LEADS TO FORTUNE

Thirteen - “NO! NO! NO! . . .”

Section Two

Fourteen - WINTER

Fifteen - UNDERSIDE

Sixteen - RELEVANCE

Seventeen - BALANCE

Eighteen - ROLL EVERY DIE

Nineteen - FUNK

Twenty - SEEDS OF TRIUMPH

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Twenty-one - SEEDS OF DISASTER

Twenty-two - WELFARE

Twenty-three - RE-ELECT

Section Three

Twenty-four - SECOND CHANCE

Twenty-five - THE QUIET YEAR

Twenty-six - THE SULLEN YEAR

Twenty-seven - MY KIND OF GUY

Twenty-eight - ALLIANCE

Twenty-nine - UNSETTLED

Thirty - TRAPPED

Thirty-one - LOYALISTS

Thirty-two - AFRICAN JOURNEY

Thirty-three - SURVIVOR

Thirty-four - ROCK-BOTTOM TRUTH

Thirty-five - AGE OF EXTREMES

Section Four

Thirty-six - KOSOVO

Thirty-seven - EMPIRE STATE

Thirty-eight - “AL JUST NEEDS TO BE HIMSELF"

Thirty-nine - SPRING TERM

Forty - TERROR

Forty-one - CAMP DAVID

Forty-two - EXIT

Forty-three - ARGUMENT WITHOUT END

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

About the Author

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