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childhood and adolescence of

  co-governor and co-president role of

  conspiracies seen by

  dating and boyfriends of

  education of

  extramarital affair of

  as First Lady

  health care reform work of

  lesbian rumors about

  loyalty demanded by

  memoirs of

  missing billing records of

  Nixon impeachment inquiry work of

  personal ambition put aside by

  physical appearance of

  Plan of BC and

  political ambition and strategy of

  pregnancy and childbirth of

  public sentiment for, pro and con

  questionable ethics of

  radical causes supported by

  self-confidence and leadership of

  teaching post of

  temper and foul language of

  Clinton, Roger, Jr.

  Clinton, Roger, Sr.

  Clinton, William Jefferson:

  approval and inclusion sought by

  as Arkansas attorney general

  charisma and charm of

  childhood and adolescence of

  depositions and grand jury testimony of

  earnings and financial attitude of

  education of

  first meeting of HC and

  friendliness and popularity of

  as governor of Arkansas

  gubernatorial campaigns of

  HC’s reaction to infidelity of

  marijuana and cocaine use of

  medical history withheld by

  military draft avoided by

  mutual love of HC and

  physical appearance, weight and stature of

  political talent and ambition of

  presidential campaigns of

  quarreling of HC and

  Rhoades scholarship of

  saxophone playing of

  speaking engagements of

  teaching post of

  temper of

  unsuccessful congressional campaign of

  womanizing and sexual risks of

  Clinton administration:

  calls for impeachment or resignation in

  federal judges nominated in

  and gays in the military

  impeachment in

  last days of

  legacy of

  presidential pardons granted in

  scandals in

  Clinton Presidential Library

  Congress, U.S.

  BC’s 1974 campaign for

  see also House of Representatives U.S.; Senate, U.S.

  Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

  Conscience of a Conservative, The (Goldwater)

  Constitution, U.S.

  Cornelius, Catherine

  Couric, Katie

  Craighead, Kelly

  Currie, Betty

  Daschle, Tom

  Davison, Nicole

  Dean, Howard

  Dear Socks, Dear Buddy (H. Clinton)

  de la Renta, Oscar

  Democratic National Committee

  Democratic National Convention:

  of 1968

  of 1988

  of 1992

  of 2000

  Democratic Party

  HC’s power in

  see also specific elections

  Diallo, Amadou

  Dinkins, David

  Doar, John

  Dole, Bob

  Dorismond, Patrick

  Dowd, Maureen

  Dozoretz, Beth

  Drummond, James “Bulldog,”

  Duff, Patricia

  Dukakis, Michael

  Dwire, Jeff

  Edelman, Marian Wright

  Edwards, John

  elections, U.S.:

  of 1968

  of 1974

  of 1976

  of 1978

  of 1980

  of 1982

  of 1984

  of 1986

  of 1988

  of 1990

  of 1992

  of 1996

  of 1998

  of 2000

  of 2004

  of 2006

  of 2008

  of 2012

  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

  Equal Rights Amendment

  Estrich, Susan

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  Ferguson, Danny

  “Filegate” scandal

  Flowers, Gennifer

  Ford, Gerald

  Foster, Lisa

  Foster, Vince

  HC’s relationship with

  suicide of

  Fraunces Tavern bombing

  Fray, Mary Lee

  Fray, Paul

  Freeh, Louis

  Fulbright, J. William

  Gandhi, Mohandas K. “Mahatma,”

  Garry, Charles

  Georgetown University

  Gephart, Dick

  Gingrich, Newt

  Giuliani, Rudolph

  Goldwater, Barry

  Gore, Al

  Gore, Tipper

  Grunwald, Mandy

  Gulf War

  Hammerschmidt, John

  Hamzy, Connie

  Hart, Gary

  Harvard University

  Law School of

  Hawkins, Ronnie

  Hill, Nolanda

  Hope, Judith

  House of Representatives, U.S.:

  Government Reform Committee of

  Judiciary Committee of

  Howell, Della Murray see Rosenberg Della Murray Howell

  Huang, John

  Hubbell, Webb

  Hungarian uprising of 1956

  Hussein, Saddam

  Ickes, Harold

  Iran Hostage Crisis

  Iraqi War

  Israel

  It Takes a Village (H. Clinton)

  Jackson, Jesse

  John Paul II, Pope

  Johnson, Lyndon Baines

  Jones, Don

  Jones, Jim

  Jones, Paula

  Justice Department, U.S.

  Karzai, Hamid

  Kelley, Dick

  Kelley, Virginia Cassidy Blythe Clinton Dwire

  Kendall, David

  Kennedy, Caroline

  Kennedy, Carolyn Bessette

  Kennedy, Edward “Ted,”

  Kennedy, John F.

  assassination of

  BC’s encounter with

  Kennedy, John F., Jr.

  Kennedy, Robert F.

  assassination of

  Kent State shootings

  Kerrey, Bob

  Kerry, John

  King, Martin Luther, Jr.

  assassination of

  Kirkpatrick, Terry

  Klein, Joe

  Koch, Ed

  Kyle, Dolly, see Browning, Dolly Kyle

  Laird, Melvin

  Lasater, Dan

  Lauer, Matt

  Lazio, Rick

  Letterman, David

  Lewinsky, Monica, BC’s relationship with

  Lieberman, Joe

  Life

  Limbaugh, Rush

  Living History (H. Clinton)

  Lott, Trent

  Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan

  Mandela, Nelson

  Marcos, Imelda

  Martha Stewart Living

  Masri, Hani

  Maxwell, Ghislaine

  McAuliffe, Terry

  McCarthy, Eugene

  McDougal, James

  McDougal, Susan

  McGovern, George

  McIntosh, Robert “Say,”

  McIntosh, Tommy

  McLarty, Mack

  Meet the Press

  Miami Herald

  Mikva, Abner

  Millie’s Book (Bush)

  Milosevic, Slobodan

  Mitford, Jessica

  Mondale, Walter

  Monroe, Marilyn

  Morris, Dick

  Moynihan
, Daniel Patrick

  Moynihan, Liz

  Myers, Dee Dee

  Nadler, Jerrold

  “Nannygate” scandal

  New Square Hasidic community

  Newton, Hughie

  New York Daily News

  New York Police Department (NYPD)

  New York Post

  New York Times

  Nixon, Richard M.

  Nussbaum, Bernie

  O’Connor, John Cardinal

  O’Donnell, Rosie

  Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy

  Oxford University

  Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

  Pataki, George

  Patterson, Larry

  Peavoy, John

  People

  People’s Temple

  Perdue, Sally

  Perelman, Ron

  Perón, Eva

  Perry, Roger

  Powell, Colin

  Presley, Elvis

  Prime Time Live

  Quinn, Jack

  Quinn, Sally

  Rackley, Alex

  Radical Chic (Wolfe)

  Rangel, Charles

  Reagan, Ronald

  Rehnquist, William

  Reich, Robert

  Reno, Janet

  Republican National Convention of 1968

  Republican Party

  see also specific elections

  Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)

  Reveille for Radicals (Alinsky)

  Rhodeen, Penn

  Rice, Donna

  Rich, Denise

  Rich, Marc

  Richardson, Margaret

  Rockefeller, Nelson

  Rodham, Dorothy Howell

  Rodham, Hugh, Jr.

  Rodham, Hugh, Sr.

  Rodham, Tony

  Roosevelt, Eleanor

  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  Roosevelt, Theodore

  Rose Law Firm

  Rosenberg, Adeline

  Rosenberg, Della Murray Howell

  Rosenberg, Max

  Rosenberg, Susan

  Rupert, David

  Ryan, Alan

  Schatteman, Christophe

  Schumer, Charles

  HC and

  Schumer, Jessica

  Scott, Marsha

  Seale, Bobby

  Secret Service

  Senate, U.S.

  Armed Services Committee of

  Budget Committee of

  Environmental and Public Works Committee of

  Ethics Committee of

  Foreign Relations Committee of

  HC as New York’s junior senator in

  HC’s successful 2000 campaign for

  Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee of

  Intelligence Committee of

  Republican control of

  Shalala, Donna

  Sharpton, Al

  Sidwell Friends School

  Simon & Schuster

  Soul on Ice (Cleaver)

  Specter, Arlen

  Staley, Carolyn Yeldell

  Stanford University

  Starr, Kenneth

  Starr Report

  Stephanopoulos, George

  Stevenson, Adlai

  Stewart, Martha

  Streisand, Barbra

  Stronach, Belinda

  Sullivan, Lencola

  Supreme Court, U.S. 2000 presidential election settled by

  Talbott, Strobe

  Taliban

  Tenet, George

  Thomases, Susan

  Thomason, Harry

  Thomason, Linda Bloodworth

  Thurman, Strom

  Time

  Today

  “Travelgate” scandal

  Treuhaft, Robert

  “Troopergate” scandal

  Truman, Harry

  Tyson, Don “Big Daddy,”

  United Nations

  Vietnam War

  opposition to

  Vignali, Carlos

  Waksal, Sam

  Wallace, Mike

  Wall Street Journal

  Walters, Barbara

  Washington, George

  Washington Post

  Watergate scandal

  Watkins, David

  Weather Underground

  Wellesley College

  Wellesley News

  White, Frank

  Whitewater scandal

  Willey, Kathleen

  Williams, Bobbie Ann

  Williams, Danny

  Williams, Maggie

  Wood, Kimba

  World Trade Center attacks

  Wright, Betsey

  Wu, Harry

  Yale University

  Zionism

  About the Author

  CHRISTOPHER ANDERSEN is the critically acclaimed author of twenty-five books that have been translated into more than twenty languages worldwide. A former contributing editor of Time and senior editor of People, Andersen has also written hundreds ofarticles for a wide range of publications, including Life magazine, the New York Times, and Vanity Fair.

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  Also by Christopher Andersen

  Sweet Caroline: Last Child of Camelot

  George and Laura: Portrait of an American Marriage

  Diana’s Boys: William and Harry

  and the Mother They Loved

  The Day John Died

  Bill and Hillary: The Marriage

  The Day Diana Died

  Jackie After Jack: Portrait of the Lady

  An Affair to Remember: The Remarkable Love Story of

  Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy

  Jack and Jackie: Portrait of an American Marriage

  Young Kate: The Remarkable Hepburns and the

  Shaping of an American Legend

  Citizen Jane

  The Best of Everything

  (with John Marion)

  The Serpent’s Tooth

  The Book of People

  Father

  Susan Hayward

  The Name Game

  Credits

  Jacket design by Bradford Foltz

  Jacket photograph by © Reuters/CORBIS

  Copyright

  AMERICAN EVITA. Copyright © 2004 by Christopher Andersen. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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