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18. "Culture wars" in
the 1980s and 90s
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
FULL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Is it accurate to describe the Clinton years
in terms of a "culture
war"?
Required Reading (select two or more items from this list):
Stanley A. Renshon, High Hopes: The Clinton Presidency and the Politics
of Ambition (1998)
Robert B. Reich, Locked in the Cabinet (1997)
Nigel Hamilton, Bill Clinton: An American Journey (2003)
Bill Clinton, My Life (2004)
Joe Klein, The Natural: The misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton
(2002)
John F. Harris, The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House (2005)
James L. Guth, "Clinton, Impeachment and the Culture Wars" in
Steven Schier, ed., The Postmodern Presidency: Bill Clinton's Legacy
in U.S. politics (see also the Introduction) UCL TEACHING COLLECTION:
MAIN 3180
Byron E. Shafer, "The Partisan Legacy: Are there any New Democrats?
(and by the way was there a Republican Revolution?)" in Colin Campbell
and Bert A. Rockman, eds., The Clinton Legacy
Martin Walker, Clinton: the President they deserve (1996)
William C Berman, From the Center to the Edge: the Politics and Policies
of the Clinton Presidency (2001)
Primary sources:
Newt Gingrich, "Where
we go from here", speech to Congress, 1995 after 1994 "Republican
Revolution"
"The Era of Big Government
is Over": Extracts from Clinton's State f the Union Address, 1996
Extracts from the Starr report
(1998)
Resignation speech of representative
Robert Livingston, December 1998 [Livingston was Republican Speaker-designate
but resigned when he learned that his own extramarital affairs were
about to become public. He called on Clinton to follow his example.]
President Clinton's address
to the Nation on Monica Lewinsky, August 17, 1998 [delivered on
the same day that he had faced four hours of interogation from Kenneth
Starr and his team of lawyers]
Former
Senator Dale Bumpers (Arkansas), closing speech for the defence, Senate
Impeachment Trial of Bill Clinton (at PBS website)
"Impeachment
Madness", editorial in The Nation, December 17, 1998
"Daddy
Dearest", conservative assessment of the impeachment of Clinton
from the National Review, Feb 1999
Editorial
in the National Review, March 1999
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