HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton [Paperback] Jonathan Allen,Amie Parnes - Softcover

Jonathan Allen; Amie Parnes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0091954495 ISBN 13: 9780091954499

Publisher: Hutchinson, 2014

Synopsis

This is a riveting biography which combines deep reporting and west wing-esque storytelling to reveal the strategising, machinations and last minute decision-making that have accompanied one of the greatest political comebacks in history. The story of hillary's phoenix-like rise is at the heart of hrc, a thrilling political biography that journeys deep into the heart of "hillaryland" to discover a brilliant strategist at work. Masterfully unfolded by two white house correspondents, hrc offers a rare look inside the merciless clinton political machine. Drawing on over two hundred top-access interviews with hillary's intimates, colleagues, supporters, and enemies, it portrays a seasoned operator who negotiates political and diplomatic worlds with equal savvy. Loathed by the obama team in the wake of the primary, hillary worked to become his greatest ally, their fates intertwined in the work of re-establishing america on the world stage after the disastrous bush years. Hrc puts readers in

About this title

About the Author

JONATHAN ALLEN covers the White House and the 2016 presidential campaign for Bloomberg News. An award-winning reporter, he has also written extensively about Congress and national politics, and he appears frequently as a political analyst on national television news programs. He lives on Capitol Hill with his wife, Stephanie, and their children, Asher and Emma.

AMIE PARNES is the White House correspondent for The Hill newspaper in Washington, where she covers the Obama Administration. A ten-year veteran of political journalism, she traveled with the Clinton, Obama and McCain campaigns while covering the 2008 presidential race for POLITICO. She appears frequently on MSNBC and has also been featured on CNN, Fox News and other networks.

Review

New York Times Bestseller

USA Today Bestseller

"Books on contemporary political figures rarely have pinpoint timing, but this one does... [Allen and Parnes's] most persuasive accomplishment is to show, backed by impressive detail, the ways in which Clinton never really abandoned domestic politics." –Jodi Kantor, New York Times Book Review

"[HRC] provides useful context and intelligent analysis, and a highly readable account of her tenure at Foggy Bottom... pumped full of colorful you-are-there details." –Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

"Deeply reported... a revealing window into the le Carré-like layers of intrigue that develop when a celebrity politician who is married to another celebrity politician loses to yet another celebrity politician, and goes on to serve the politician who defeated her." –Washington Post

"HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton manages the rare feat of being both important and entertaining. It opens with a juicy chapter detailing the punishment and reward of Bill and Hillary’s political enemies and friends. But the meat of HRC is its narration of her role in tackling crises in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and Libya — an amazingly tumultuous period that provides the best preview of what a Hillary Clinton presidency might look like, at least for foreign policy." –New York magazine

"A character-driven psychodrama, chockablock with sweaty descriptions of its players... It's no easy feat to wring page-turning narrative juice from four years of state craft, but Allen and Parnes have relied on 200 sources...to get them the gossipy goods."—Los Angeles Times
 
"A thoroughly reported and well-written chronicle of Clinton’s comeback and her tenure at the State Department." –Christian Science Monitor

"Full of the inside baseball that political junkies love and on which opposition researchers thrive. Great stuff to light the hot stove of the off-season." –Hugh Hewitt, The Washington Examiner


From the Hardcover edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hutchinson
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091954495
• ISBN 13: 9780091954499
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320