Advocate: On History's Front Lines from Watergate to the Keating Five, Clinton Impeachment, and Benghazi

For more than half a century, James Hamilton has been an active participant and an inside observer of some of the most consequential moments in modern US history.He has been involved in investigations concerning Watergate, the Kennedy assassination, “Debategate,” the Keating Five, the Clinton impeachment, Vince Foster’s suicide, the Valerie Plame affair, Benghazi, and the Major League Baseball steroids scandal.He argued against Brett Kavanaugh in front of the Supreme Court and won.He has tales to tell of power brokers, players, and politicians who helped steer the course of the country. Written in clear, incisive prose with self-deprecating humor, Advocate discusses the travails of prominent politicians and other well-known individuals, focusing particularly on high-profile congressional and other investigations.Credited with developing the modern system for vetting Democratic vice-presidential candidates, Hamilton recounts his extensive vetting of vice-presidential, cabinet, and Supre