Branch, a Pulitzer Prize winning historian, interviewed the President 78 times
between 1993 and 2001. The book highlights major events from Clinton´s two
terms, including war in Bosnia, health reform failure, anti-terrorist strikes,
peace initiatives, the 1996 re-election campaign, culminating in his 1999
impeachment trial. Clinton displayed detachment and bursts of eloquence. It is
a rare look at the pressures of a job that Branch watched age this relatively
young president. The Bill Clinton diaries are a unique historical treasure.
There has never been a book quite like this-as a president, in office, tries to
remember, explain, contemplate and manage his actions and their legacy.
