Defeat at Waterloo: Fighting on the Front lines of the Hillary Clinton presidential Campaign by community activist and political organizer Amanda V. Wilkerson shares a firsthand account of Hillary Clinton's historic 2008 presidential run as seen through the prism of her defeat at the Iowa Caucuses. As a young, African American female political activist, Wilkerson represents a key group of organizers and influencers that shaped the 2008 presidential cycle. Seeking to speak to others like her who spent time campaigning or are considering future political engagement, she offers a candid and moving account of the tense weeks leading up the Iowa Caucuses, a turning point that foreshadowed Barack Obama's eventual nomination. An electoral event where voters meet in precinct caucuses in all of Iowa's 1,784 precincts and elect delegates to the corresponding county conventions, the Iowa Caucuses represents the first major hurdle of a presidential nomination and hold significant national consequences. Clinton's defeat in Iowa raised strategic and circumstantial obstacles to her run that eventually led to Obama's nomination. Defeat at Waterloo is a riveting account of Amanda's insider's perspective as to what challenges circumvented Clinton for clinching a win. Passionate, humorous and well informed, the book reveals the highs and lows on the front lines of political activism.