Current Press
During his presidency, Bill Clinton met prize-winning historian Taylor Branch 79 times in the White House to record a secret diary of his time in office…Branch, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for “Parting the Waters: America in the King years 1954-63“, spoke to Reuters about Clinton project and his book. Read full article >
This secret, dangerous and unprecedented historiographical project is especially intriguing in relation to Clinton’s presidency… His vices and his virtues were two sides of the same coin and a look at such a man can teach us much about the power of appetites in politics. Read full review >
Former Clinton speechwriter Ted Widmer says there’s never been a presidential portrait as intimate as Taylor Branch’s new book—and we’ll never get a download like this about the second Bush administration. Read full review >