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     At first, the title to Hillary Clinton’s book Living History seems a tad presumptuous. But like her colleagues of that human tsunami known as the baby boomer generation, Clinton’s life is practically a case study in what it was like to grow up after World War II in a Republican, middle-class, Midwestern family.
     She was still a Republican when she arrived at Wellesley in 1965, but by the time she graduated valedictorian of her class in 1969, Hillary had become a Democrat. And falling in love with Bill Clinton at Yale Law School only solidified her interest in the optimistic social agenda of that era – making the world a better place.
     Living History provides Clinton with a 566-page opportunity to describe her roller coaster ride as a bright young lawyer and working mother whose husband rose through the ranks of Arkansas state government, only to win two terms in the grand prize of American politics – the presidency. However, the White House should come with a warning label: “Be careful what you wish for.”
     This book gives the reader a detailed, insider’s look at the high-stakes, power-driven world of political warfare that spawned the five-year independent counsel investigation by Kenneth Starr.
     But the book also highlights the triumphs of Bill Clinton’s presidency, including the extent to which Hillary was actively involved in diplomatic missions to countries on almost every continent. It makes for fascinating reading and more than justifies Hillary’s claim that her life is a work of Living History in progress.