The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr

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Crown, Feb 1, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 832 pages
Ten years after one of the most polarizing political scandals in American history, author Ken Gormley offers an insightful, balanced, and revealing analysis of the events leading up to the impeachment trial of President William Jefferson Clinton. From Ken Starr’s initial Whitewater investigation through the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit, to the Monica Lewinsky affair and Brett Kavanaugh's role in the subsequent inquiry, The Death of American Virtue is a gripping chronicle of an ever-escalating political feeding frenzy.

In exclusive interviews, Bill Clinton, Ken Starr, Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones, Susan McDougal, and many more key players offer candid reflections on that period. Drawing on never-before-released records and documents—including the Justice Department’s internal investigation into Starr, new details concerning the death of Vince Foster, and evidence from lawyers on both sides—Gormley sheds new light on a dark and divisive chapter, the aftereffects of which are still being felt in today’s political climate.
 

Contents

COLLISION IN THE CAPITOL
1
The Impeachment Vote
3
Bill Clinton and Ken Starr
15
ARKANSAS MISCHIEF
31
Breathtaking Whitewater
33
McDougal Paints the Town
44
Seeds of Scandal
57
Death Song in the West Wing
66
The Avuncular Mr Ginsburg
362
Clinton Takes an Oath
376
Scandal in Washington
392
THE GRAND CONFESSIONAL
409
A Presidency in Peril
411
Of Trust and Confidence
420
One Nation Divided
431
The Vilification of Ken Starr
440

Conspiracy Theories
81
The Special Prosecutor
91
David Hale Visits Justice Jim
99
Pursuing the President
113
Paula Corbin Jones
115
Danny Traylor Can We Settle for Five Thousand Dollars?
128
Three Judges in Black
143
Ken Starr Special Prosecutor
155
Paula Jones on Film
170
Arkansas Felons
184
The Cooperating Witness
202
Paula Jones Goes to Washington
219
THE MONICA THREAD
229
Monica S Lewinsky
231
Inside a Texas Prison
242
The Settlement That Never Happened
252
Trapped Outside the White House
262
The HundredPage Referral
270
An Unexpected Caller
278
A Cubicle in the Pentagon
295
Pinning the Tail on Clinton
314
Panic in the Justice Department
324
Vanity to Prayer
339
The Brace
348
A Mothers Collapse
452
Last Night in Solitary Confinement
459
The Indictment of Hillary Clinton
470
OutGunning the Secret Service
484
Ginsburgs Final Photo Shoot
494
Monicas Truth
505
The Drudge Revolution
527
A Walk in the Woods
532
Maximum Peril
552
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
563
Bombshell Report
565
Starr Witness
582
Men of the Year
600
Thirteen Angry Managers
614
A Scottish Vote
629
Clintons Contempt
646
WHITE HOUSE EXODUS
653
Who Will Blink?
655
Aftermath
671
NOTES
691
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES
762
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
770
INDEX
775
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Ken Gormley is a law professor at Duquesne University, specializing in constitutional law, as well as a nationally renowned expert on Watergate and special prosecutors. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Archibald Cox: Conscience of a Nation.

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