Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta JR. She is one of the most influential and recognizable figures in our country, and perhaps the single most divisive individual in our political landscape. She is the subject of both hagiography and smear jobs. But although dozens of books have been written about her, none of them have come close to uncovering the real Hillary - personal, political, in all her complications. Now, as she makes her historic run for the presidency, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporters Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr. bring us the first comprehensive portrait of the most important woman in American politics. Drawing upon myriad new sources and previously undisclosed documents, Her Way takes readers from the dorm rooms at Wellesley to the courthouse of Arkansas and Washington; to the White House and Hillary's role as the First Lady like no other; to the back rooms of the Senate, where she expertly navigates the political and legislative shoals; and to her multimillion-dollar mansion in Washington and her campaign war room. Her Way reveals the secret pact between Hillary and Bill, made in the early 1970's, to capture the White House, and how once Bill was elected right on schedule, the plan was expanded to include a Hillary presidency. Van Natta and Gerth explain her fifteen-year rivalry with Al Gore and her new rivalry with Barack Obama. The book reveals more than a dozen instances in which Hillary apparently violated Senate ethics rules, her consulting a secret energy task force while in the Senate, remarkable new details about questionable legal work in Arkansas, new information about Vince Foster's relationship with Hillary, and her secret role in keeping hidden the true story of her husband's draft record. Gerth and Van Natta take us inside the complicated Clinton marriage, exploring how it has lasted - and why - through both political victories and the dark nights of betrayal. And they reveal, at long last , the never before disclosed details about Hillary's controversial Iraq War votes. No one in American history has ever had a life like this - First lady, senator, and, perhaps, president. Brilliantly reported, Her Way is essential reading for anyone with an opinion about Hillary Rodham Clinton.