A complicated man : the life of Bill Clinton as told by those who know him / Michael Takiff.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Local Hero, 1946-1987 -- 1. Small Town Boy: Hope, Arkansas -- 2. A Big City (pop. 29, 307): Hot Springs -- 3. Positive, Positive, Positive, Positive: Georgetown -- 4. Man of the World: Oxford and Yale -- 5. On the Move: An Arkansas Politician -- 6. Too Much, Too Soon, Too Bad: Rookie Governor -- 7. Out of the Woodshed: Exile and Return -- 8. Busy, Busy, Busy: Governor Again -- 9. Comfort Level: Bill and Black Arkansas -- 10. Not Bad, But... Potential Unfulfilled -- Part II. Rising Start, 1987-1992 -- 11. National Democrat: Moving Toward the White House -- 12. Going for It: Candidate -- 13. Near-Death Experience: New Hampshire, 1992 -- 14. All Roads Lead to Madison Square Garden: Nominee -- 15. A Bubba, Not a Bozo: President-Elect -- Part III. Stumble, 1993-1994 -- 16. Not an Admiral: Transition -- 17. Bedlam at Birth: Getting Started -- 18. Bill Asks, Colin Tells: The President, the Gays, the Military -- 19. New Kid in Town: Permanent Washington Greets the Clintons -- 20. Debt on Arrival: Recharting an Economic Course -- 21. A Casino for Jesus: The Budget Bill -- 22. The Yanks Are Coming: Navigating a Post-Cold War World -- 23. Trade War: Passing NAFTA -- 24. Heroic Measures: The Fight to Reform Health Care -- 25. Stand-Up Guys: Bill, Boris, Jiang, Fidel -- 26. Action, Inaction: Somalia and Rwanda -- 27. No Way to Run a Railroad: Fixing a Dysfunctional White House -- 28. From Humiliation to Celebration: Haiti -- 29. Picturing Peace: The Oslo Signing -- 30. Something Is Rotten in the State of Arkansas: Whitewater, the Scandal Begins -- 31. Golfing with Willie Mays: Bill Among Friends -- 32. Rebuke: The 1994 Midterm Election -- Part IV. Recovery, 1995-1996 -- 33. Picking up the Pieces: The Aftermath -- 34. Relevant: Newt versus Clinton -- 35. Pastor to the Nation: Oklahoma City -- 36. End of an Era: The Road Back -- 37. This Town Ain't Big Enough: Shutdown Showdown -- 38. Shalom, Chaver: The Death of Yitzhak Rabin -- 39. I'll Show You Mine If...: The Big Mistake -- 40. A Commander in Chief (Finally) Commands: Bosnia, Solved -- 41. Ballot-Box Missionary: Irish Troubles, Irish Votes -- 42. A Deal. With the Devil? Ending Welfare as We Know It -- 43. Slippery or Steadfast? Shapeshifter -- 44. Piece of Cake: Reelection -- Part V. Humiliation: 1997-2000 -- 45. Reckless, Stupid, Human: Wasting a Precious Gift -- 46. Big Bucks Bedroom: Scandal of the Year, 1997 -- 47. Nailed! Linda and Lucianne -- 48. Pants on Fire: The Jones Deposition -- 49. The Bombshell Wears a Beret: Enter Monica -- 50. Scandal? What Scandal? Compartmentalization -- 51. The Puritan and the Pol: Starr versus Clinton -- 52. Respite: A Tour of Africa -- 53. Today's Word Is Is: The Grand Jury -- 54. Speech Defect: An Unapologetic Apology -- 55. Sine Qua Non: Ulster's Peacemaker -- 56. Softcore: The Starr Report -- 57. For Mature Audiences Only: A Committee, a TV Show -- 58. DeLayed Reaction: The Midterms and the Majority Whip -- 59. Impeach the Rapist! Fifty Boxes, Four Articles -- 60. Amazing: A Speech in Gaza -- 61. Bad Guys: Going After Bin Laden and Saddam -- 62. The Hypocrisy Police: Bob Livingston, Porn Star -- 63. It's Official: Impeached -- 64. It's About Sex: The Trial -- 65. Seventy-Eight Days: Kosovo -- 66. Down to the Wire: Camp David and the Clinton Ideas -- 67. In Denial: Bill Clinton and the Election of 2000 -- Part VI. Citizen Clinton, 2001 -- 68. Parting Shots: Leaving the White House -- 69. Convening Power: The Clinton Foundation -- 70. Chasing a Buck: Making Multimillions Multinationally -- 71. Bill in a China Shop: Hillary for President, 2008 -- 72. Unintended Consequences: Clinton-Era Deregulation and the Financial Crisis of 2008-2009 -- 73. Envoy: A Visit to North Korea -- 74. And Now? The Future of Bill Clinton.