Partners in Power: The Clintons and Their America

Roger Morris

NEW YORK TIMES “NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR”

PULITZER PRIZE NOMINEE

“A meticulous product of a fine historian’s diligence, and at the end of the day the best book of all on the Clintons. If even half of our crisply coiffed media commentators had read and heeded this book, America would be a far better place.“

– The Progressive

Accolades

“Comparable to De Tocqueville in the scope, depth and brilliance of its insight…”
— Der Spiegel

“In addition to being the author of several well-received books, Morris was a very highly respected public servant, working for Dean Acheson, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon and resigning from the National Security Council over the Cambodian invasion. Bill and Hillary Clinton are viewed as emblematic of a rotten political system that has sold out the interests of its citizens for the support of corrupt moneyed interests. Arkansas was a fertile training ground in no small part because of its few wealthy corporations, including Tyson Foods, Stephens, Inc., and Wal-Mart…Hundreds of understandably confidential interviews present a sordid tale of a governor who sold his political soul to the Arkansas power structure…. No one should come away from this book happy; complicity in the government’s breakdown includes and transcends both parties…An instant bestseller that will stir considerable discussion and should be purchased by all libraries.”
— Library Journal

“After three years of painstaking research and hundreds of interviews, Morris provides a riveting, revealing expose of the untold secrets of the most politically powerful couple in American politics today: Bill and Hillary Clinton… also the story of Washington itself, a capital steeped in its unique culture and the pervasive power of special interests that today corrupts both political parties. A “must” for anyone with an interest in the story behind today’s political controversies….”
— Midwest Book Review

“Resigning from Nixon’s National Security Council in protest over the Vietnam War, Roger Morris left the White House for a distinguished career as a historian and investigative journalist. Fellow scholar Geoffrey Ward calls him “that rare and precious thing in public life, a former government official who actually gave up his job on a matter of principle.” Analysis of a political system gone lethally wrong, Partners in Power offers a brilliant perspective on a government and ultimately a people. Historian Morris goes far beyond the public facade to expose the inner politics, tormented relationship and moral compromise that marked the rise of Bill and Hillary Clinton.”
— Ingram Reviews