The Seduction of Hillary Rodham

David Brock

Simon and Schuster, Feb 2, 1998 - Biography & Autobiography - 464 pages

No public figure in contemporary life has elicited more polarized reactions than Hillary Rodham Clinton. The first presidential spouse who pursued a major policymaking role, the beleaguered first lady has been a heroine and role model to her feminist allies—and a malevolent, power-mad shrew to her conservative foes.
Now David Brock, America's most controversial journalist, takes on the most controversial first lady in history, producing a boldly incisive yet surprisingly sensitive portrait. A political biography of the first order, The Seduction of Hillary Rodham is the story of one strong-willed woman's struggle to maintain her personal and political integrity in the face of powerfully seductive forces, including the appeal of Bill Clinton, a charismatic, talented, but deeply flawed man who may have been both the best and the worst thing that ever happened to her.

Contents

• Hillary for President: 1
• A Seminar for Radicals: 24
• Love and Squalor: 45
• Stranger in a Strange Land: 69
• Alinskys Daughter: 95
• The Real Comeback Kid: 129
• Joan of Arkansas: 157
• Wifewater?: 183
• Partners for Life: 217
• Damage Control: 251
• Rodham Rides Again: 287
• Charge of the Light Brigade: 325
• The Revenge of the Ozarks: 367

About the author

David Brock was born in 1962 in Washington, D. C. The University of California, Berkeley is his alma mater. He is a widely published author, journalist, and Democratic activist. In 2004, Brock founded Media Matters, the nation's premier media watchdog. Following the 2010 elections, Brock founded the Democratic SuperPAC American Bridge, which is one of the largest modern campaign war rooms ever assembled using research, tracking, and rapid response to defeat Republicans. He is the author of five books, including his 2002 best-selling memoir, Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative. Killing the Messenger, published in (2015, is his current bestseller. His writing appears in USA Today, CNN.com, the Huffington Post, the Daily Beast and Salon. He lives in Washington, D. C.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Seduction of Hillary Rodham
• Author: David Brock
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 1998
• ISBN: 0684837706, 9780684837703
• Length: 464 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; Biography & Autobiography / Lawyers & Judges; Biography & Autobiography / Political; Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State; Biography & Autobiography / Women; Philosophy / General