Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years [Hardcover]

Rich Lowry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2003

Richard Lowry explores the real importance of the Clinton years--the Clinton administration appeasing and ignoring the ever-growing threats to American security from hostile regimes and parties, rogue states, and global terrorist networks. Lowry offers the first sweeping-and stunning assessment of what the Clinton era really meant and means for America.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"... Legacy’s greatest strength is its fairness. It is Clinton’s misfortune that Lowry is both just and devastating." -- Mona Charen (National Review Magazine)

"... there was more to the Clinton presidency than scandal, and Lowry, having read everything (it seems) ... captures it all." -- The Wall Street Journal, October 31, 2003

"Every paragraph carries freight in this ultimate indictment, and the nuggets fly like rounds from a machine gun." -- Newsmax.com

"For the millions ... afflicted by what the Clintons have done to our country, this is ... not to be missed." -- Lucianne Goldberg (National Review Online)

"For those interested in the truth about Clinton, I recommend reading Rich Lowry's book, 'Legacy.'" -- Jay Ambrose (New York Post, November 2, 2003)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 470 pages
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing; First Edition edition (September 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895261294
• ISBN-13: 978-0895261298
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (110 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #882,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #79 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( C ) > Clinton, Bill

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95 of 113 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Reading- I used to Love Clinton; now I Despise him, October 15, 2003

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Dr. Harold Weiss (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years (Hardcover)

I was a big Clinton supporter for many years. I even voted for him in both elections. After I saw how recklessly he behaved with that young intern and how quickly he was prepared to ruin her life with a major smear campaign (until of course the blue dress was found), I decided to look more closely at this man who had fooled so many people. I've read many books -- both from the Left and from the Right, but this book paints the most accurate picture of a President who many years from today the High Schools will be teaching how one selfish, con-man put his own self-interests before his country and how he placed this great land in the high-risk state it finds itself at the moment.

77 of 93 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sad, terrifying, too close to home - riveting!, October 16, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years (Hardcover)

Lowry dissects the feel-good Clintons and exposes the rot at the core of their administration - the after effects of which we are still feeling in this country today (9/11, thank you Janet Reno!). Lowry does a thorough job of examining and revealing the dark underbelly of Teflon Bill and Hillary's creepy reign. A refreshing alternative to the usual portrayal of Clinton as martyr and greatest president we ever had (right). Hard to argue with the facts here, scary as they may be. Liberal repetition of phony spin won't work for you anymore after you read this compelling analysis. A PAGE TURNER! Lowry writes with intelligence, insight and humor.

30 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The difference between pos and neg reviews of this book, November 22, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years (Hardcover)

Why is it that the people who like this book write about it's factual basis, research, thoroughness and compellingness, and the people who supposedly don't like it write about... the people who liked it. They don't respond to any of the substance of the book, or to any of the conclusions in it. They only write generalities and sarcastic comments. And that is telling in itself.

This book is solid. Anyone who really reads it, be they conservative, moderate or liberal, will come to the calm conclusion that Clinton was not a leader. He was a man with many problems that leaked all over his job and our country.

I thought Lowry's tone was objective, well-reasoned and intelligent. While he certainly doesn't think highly of Clinton and his presidency (and he lays out those reasons in detail), he doesn't resort to generalities and name-calling. If you are at all interested in understanding recent American history and the impact that Clinton had on our country, you have to read this.