{"product_id":"the-best-of-times-america-in-the-clinton-years","title":"The Best of Times: America in the Clinton Years","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Best of Times--the '90s were indeed the best of times. Unprecedented wealth and the breathtaking progress of science and technology ushered in the Internet and the deciphering of the genome. Promises abounded, but a deepening sense of unease hovered over America as the worst of times seemed to be upon us as well-gossip, scandal, and a frenzied media like nothing ever seen before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on exclusive interviews with the decade's most influential players, here is a fascinating re-creation of the best and worst episodes of the decade. With sweeping force and cultural acumen, Johnson revives the '90s, the ups and downs, filled with all that we may have forgotten and, most importantly, all that we never knew. In four fascinating parts, Johnson delivers the stories behind the stories-revealing the personalities behind the media party of the '90s, the partisanship that didn't succeed in bringing down the president, the pervasive technology that stretched from Silicon Valley to Monsanto with the corresponding hopes and fears, and the equally extreme reactions on Wall Street to every last bit of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA tremendous work from a major authority and writer, The Best of Times covers the entire wonderful yet woeful decade, gavel to gavel.\u003cbr\u003e\nIncludes interviews with:\u003cbr\u003e\nBook One: Technotimes\u003cbr\u003e\nNathan Myhrvold, chief technology guru (former), Microsoft\u003cbr\u003e\nDavid Baltimore, president, Cal Tech University and Nobel Prize winner\u003cbr\u003e\nBob Shapiro, chief executive officer, Monsanto\u003cbr\u003e\nRegis McKenna, entrepreneur\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBook Two: Teletimes\u003cbr\u003e\nTed Harbert, head of TV programming, DreamWorks SKG\u003cbr\u003e\nNorman Lear, creator of \"All in the Family\"\u003cbr\u003e\nDavid Geffen, partner, DreamWorks SKG\u003cbr\u003e\nMichael Bloomberg, head of Bloomberg News\u003cbr\u003e\nSteven Brill, founder of Brill's Content\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBook Three: Scandal Times\u003cbr\u003e\nSam Dash, law professor, Georgetown\u003cbr\u003e\nSenator Alan K. Simpson (former)\u003cbr\u003e\nSenator Dale Bumpers (former)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBook Four: Millennial Times\u003cbr\u003e\nSenator Bob Kerrey (former)\u003cbr\u003e\nSenator John McCain\u003cbr\u003e\nDr. Ruth Faden, medical ethicist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition, Johnson interviewed leaders of Congress, top White House aides, cabinet members, and prominent political operatives of both parties in gathering material for this history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA JAMES H. SILBERMAN BOOK, ISBN13:9780151004454 ISBN10:0151004455 Material Type:hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Used Book Depot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46344881733795,"sku":"A-STR_09-29-25_UBD_H0001FLJ","price":13.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/71Y3tInWhyL.jpg?v=1759993878","url":"https:\/\/usedbookdepot.com\/products\/the-best-of-times-america-in-the-clinton-years","provider":"Used Book Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}