Hitchen’s analyzes the character of Bill Clinton in regard to critical actions undertaken during his presidency. In particular Hitches examines “the Monika Lewinsky affair” and Clinton’s response to the impeachment process. Includes an analysis of “triangulation”, ie, Clinton’s political strategy of playing “the left” against “the right” in order to promote his personal ambitions and satisfy his “lust for power”.
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First Sentence
IT IS TOLD of Huey Long that, contemplating a run for high office, he summoned the big wads and donors of his great state and enlightened them thus: "Those of you who come in with me now will receive a big piece of the pie.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS was born in 1949 in England and was a graduate of Balliol College at Oxford University. He was the father of three children and the author of more than twenty books and pamphlets, including collections of essays, criticism, and reportage. His book, god Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award and an international bestseller. His bestselling memoir, Hitch-22, was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. A visiting professor of liberal studies at the New School in New York City, he was also the I.F. Stone professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a columnist, literary critic, and contributing editor at Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, Slate, Times Literary Supplement, The Nation, New Statesman, World Affairs, Free Inquiry, among other publications. Christopher Hitchens died in December 2011 at the age of 62.
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[1]: http://penguinrandomhouse.ca/authors/43227/christopher-hitchens
