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For the series and the book, the history channel challenged a panel of leading historians, including author steven m. A companion book to the history channelr special series of ten onehour documentaries 10 days that unexpectedly changed america pinpoints pivotal days that transformed our nation. The book was first published on may 23, 2002 through riverhead trade and was later republished through prentice hall. Gillon is a professor for the history department in the university of. Gillon, 9780195322781, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Details of the actual meeting are scarce, although the possibility of a major compromise hangs over the rest of the book like a shadow. Most americans saw president bill clinton and speaker newt gingrich as staunch foes the polar extremes of pennsylvania avenue. But as steven gillon reveals in the pact, these powerful adversaries formed a secret alliance in 1997, a pact that would have rocked the political landscape, had it not foundered in the wake of the lewinsky scandal. Gillon has 22 books on goodreads with 7850 ratings.
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