Introduction to the New Edition  1

1. Bill Clinton: The Early Years  5

2. Hillary Rodham: The Early Years  33

3. Oxford and the Draft: A Test of Character  48

4. Hillary and Bill at Yale: Two Destinies Intersect  65

5. The Arkansas Years, Part One: 1973–80  85

6. The Arkansas Years, Part Two: 1980–91  112

7. "There Is a Place Called Hope"  135

8. The First Year  165

9. The Health Care Debacle and the Emergence of Kenneth Starr  205

10. Comeback Number Three  233

11. The Roller Coaster Plummets  268

12. Survival—and a New Beginning  300

13. It's My Turn  313

14. Madame Secretary  329

15. What If?  354

Notes  361

A Note on Sources  387

Acknowledgments  391

Index  395

"William H. Chafe understands, as do too few historians and biographers, that the personal and public lives of political figures cannot be separated. . . . Chafe is quite right to insist that the stories of Bill and Hillary Clinton prove the point." — Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post

"Riveting. . . . Chafe sees clearly what we who were there, chronicling the Clintons in real time, missed." — David M. Shribman, The Boston Globe

"William H. Chafe understands, as do too few historians and biographers, that the personal and public lives of political figures cannot be separated. . . . Chafe is quite right to insist that the stories of Bill and Hillary Clinton prove the point." —Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post

"Riveting. . . . Chafe sees clearly what we who were there, chronicling the Clintons in real time, missed." —David M. Shribman, The Boston Globe

"In this mesmerizing account, one of the most astute historians of our era pulls back the curtain on the struggles and passions of the world's most powerful couple." — Elaine Tyler May, author of, America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation

"For any reader seeking to unravel the Byzantine politics of the 1990s, Chafe's book is indispensable."  — William E. Leuchtenburg, author of, In the Shadow of FDR: From Harry Truman to Barack Obama

"This is a deeply insightful and warmly empathetic portrait of personal ambition, a complicated marriage, and a powerful political partnership."  — Alice Kessler-Harris, author of, A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman

"A fascinating analysis of how Bill and Hillary Clinton's different family backgrounds and complicated marital history shaped their political fortunes."  — Stephanie Coontz, author of, A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s

"For those of us who worked with the Clintons, this book, by one of the nation's best historians, brings a keen eye and fresh insights to the intersection of their personalities and their exercise of power." — David Gergen, senior political analyst for CNN and adviser to four U.S. presidents

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