TY - BOOK AU - Gormley,Ken TI - The death of American virtue: Clinton vs. Starr SN - 9780307409447 AV - E 886.2 .G68 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Crown Publishers KW - Clinton, Bill, KW - Clinton, Hillary Rodham. KW - Starr, Kenneth, KW - Lewinsky, Monica S. KW - Political ethics KW - United States KW - Misconduct in office KW - Whitewater Inquiry, 1993-2000 KW - Governmental investigations KW - Special prosecutors KW - Politics and government KW - 1993-2001 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [762]-769) and index; Prelude : collision in the Capitol -- Arkansas mischief -- Pursuing the President -- The Monica thread -- The grand confessional -- High crimes and misdemeanors -- White House exodus N2 - A professor at Duquesne University Law School details the wide-ranging investigation into President Clinton "that divded the nation and nearly toppled Clinton's presidency. From special prosecutor Kenneth W. Starr's initial probe of the Whitewater land deal in Arkansas to the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit to the Monidca Lewinsky affair, culminating in a dramatic Senate impeachment trial," the author relies on exclusive interviews with President Clinton, Ken Starr, Monica Lewinsky and family, Linda Tripp, Paula Jones, Susan McDougal and many other key players as well as documents from the Justice Dpeartment's internal investigation into Starr. -- Dust jacket ER -