Authors: Edward Klein
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ALSO BY EDWARD KLEIN
NONFICTION
All Too Human: The Love Story of Jack and Jackie Kennedy
Just Jackie: Her Private Years
The Kennedy Curse: Why Tragedy Has Haunted America's First Family for 150 Years
Farewell, Jackie: A Portrait of Her Final Days
The Truth about Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President
Katie: The Real Story
Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died
The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House
Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas
NOVELS
If Israel Lost the War
(With Robert Littell and Richard Z. Chesnoff)
The Parachutists
The Obama Identity
(With John LeBoutillier)
ANTHOLOGIES
About Men
(With Don Erickson)
In memory of Richard Chesnoff, dear friend, and Robert Christopher, mentor
CONTENTS
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PROLOGUE
“CALL OFF YOUR DOGS”
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CHAPTER 1
“MORE GOLDA THAN MAGGIE”
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CHAPTER 2
#GRANDMOTHERSKNOWBEST
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CHAPTER 3
THE KING OF LITTLE ROCK
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CHAPTER 4
INTIMATIONS OF MORTALITY
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CHAPTER 5
THE MISANTHROPE
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CHAPTER 6
“I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A YANKEES FAN”
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CHAPTER 7
A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE
PART III: A PANTSUIT-WEARING GLOBETROTTER
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CHAPTER 8
THE PRAETORIAN GUARD
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CHAPTER 9
SHAFTED
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CHAPTER 10
DOUBLE DIPPING
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CHAPTER 11
“I LOVE YOU, BILLY”
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CHAPTER 12
TOP TEN
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CHAPTER 13
“GET CAUGHT TRYING”
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CHAPTER 14
IMAGINING “HILLARY 5.0”
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CHAPTER 15
WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA
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CHAPTER 16
“SKIN IN THE GAME”
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CHAPTER 17
A “CLASSIC WASHINGTON OMELETTE”
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CHAPTER 18
THE SMOLDERING GUN?
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CHAPTER 19
THE POLITICAL ANIMAL
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CHAPTER 20
“WHEN YOU GOT IT, FLAUNT IT”
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CHAPTER 21
DINNER WITH LIZ
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CHAPTER 22
WHISPERING CAMPAIGN
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CHAPTER 23
ON THE QT
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CHAPTER 24
SOMEBODY “O'MALLEABLE”
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CHAPTER 25
A SUB ROSA INVESTIGATION
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CHAPTER 26
MISSING IN ACTION
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CHAPTER 27
A TABLOID STAPLE
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CHAPTER 28
THE POTEMKIN CAMPAIGN
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CHAPTER 29
ON THE “PRECARIOUS LEFT EDGE”
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CHAPTER 30
“A HYDRA-HEADED BEAST”
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CHAPTER 31
“IT'S GONE WAY TOO FAR”
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EPILOGUE
THAT OLD CAR SMELL
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AUTHOR'S NOTE
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NOTES
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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INDEX