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100 1  Stewart, James B. 
245 10 Blood sport|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cJames B. 
       Stewart. 
250    Abridged. 
264  1 [United States] :|bSimon & Schuster Audio,|c1996. 
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511 1  Read by Boyd Gaines. 
520    In July 1993, White House official Vincent Foster wrote an
       anguished lament: "in Washington...ruining people is 
       considered a sport." Nine days later, Foster was dead. 
       Shock at the apparent suicide of one of President 
       Clinton's top aides turned to mystery, then suspicion, as 
       the White House became engulfed in an ever-widening net of
       unanswered questions. Among the confidential matters 
       Foster was working on when he died was the Clinton's ill-
       fated investment in Whitewater, an Arkansas land 
       development. Soon conspiracy theories were circulating, 
       alleging that Foster was murdered because he knew too 
       much. And the Whitewater affair, a minor footnote to the 
       1992 presidential campaign, was suddenly resurrected in 
       the national media. To a degree that left them sunned and 
       at times depressed, the president and the first lady have 
       been buffeted by a succession of scandals, from the first 
       lady's profitable commodities trading to the sexual 
       harassment allegations of Paula Jones. Like his 
       predecessors, the Clinton presidency soon found itself 
       engulfed in allegations of scandal, conspiracy, and cover-
       up. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, many with people 
       speaking publicly for the first time, James B. Stewart 
       also sheds startling new light on these and other 
       mysteries of the Clinton White House. In a fast-paced 
       narrative that ranges from a backwater town in the Ozarks 
       to the Oval Office, from newsrooms in New York and Los 
       Angeles to offices of conservative think tanks and special
       prosecutors, the result is an unprecedented portrait of 
       political combat as it is waged in America today. Here, in
       detailed reporting, is the story of how these alleged 
       scandals burst upon the national stage; who nurtured and 
       exploited them; how the president, first lady, and members
       of their administration reacted and why; how the 
       allegations were dealt with by the media; and what the 
       impact has been on the principal characters and on 
       national policy. This story shows the president and first 
       lady as they really are, both in their rapid rise from 
       Arkansas politics and acting under duress in the White 
       House. It is the story of the people around them, many 
       disgraced or tarnished by what happened: Bernard Nussbaum,
       the embattled White House counsel; Webb Hubbell, the 
       Arkansas ally at the Justice Department who confessed to 
       felonies; Bill Kennedy, a top White House lawyer forced to
       return to Little Rock. And it is the full story of Vince 
       Foster, a quiet, reserved, and loyal confidant and friend 
       of the first family whose tortured career in Washington 
       can be seen as a metaphor for the toll public service 
       exacts today. Going beyond the news headlines, Blood Sport
       also tells the fascinating stories of key figures at the 
       heart of the action, such as Jim McDougal, once Clinton's 
       political and financial mentor, and his glamorous but 
       naive wife, Susan, who swept up the Clintons into their 
       real estate empire, then faced financial ruin. It is the 
       story of top national reporters and editors such as Jeff 
       Gerth of The New York Times, who broke the Whitewater 
       story only to find himself the object of controversy. It 
       is the story of David Bossie, the tireless conservative 
       operative who became a one-man army against the Clintons 
       and even penetrated a network news operation. It is the 
       story of Paula Jones, a small-town girl with dreams of 
       Hollywood, and of the Arkansas state troopers who broke 
       their code of silence to add fuel to the Clinton scandals.
       It is the story of prosecutors Kenneth Starr and Robert 
       Fiske, the secretive, powerful independent counsels whose 
       wide-ranging investigations could vindicate - or destroy -
       a president. Set against a backdrop of national affairs 
       and political intrigue, Blood Sport is more than the story
       of the Clintons' political trial by combat. It is a vivid 
       portrait of our times, destined to be an enduring 
       examination of political power. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
600 10 Clinton, Bill,|d1946- 
600 10 Clinton, Hillary Rodham. 
650  0 Whitewater Inquiry, 1993-2000. 
650  0 Audiobooks. 
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government|y1993-2001. 
700 1  Gaines, Boyd. 
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