U.S. Presidents

The U.S. Presidents group will discuss George H. W. Bush by Timothy Naftali (Times Books, $25.00). A patrician figure not known for eloquence, George Bush dismissed ideology as "the vision thing." Yet Naftali argues no one of his generation was better prepared for the challenges facing the United States as the Cold War ended. Bush wisely encouraged the liberalization of the Soviet system and skillfully orchestrated the reunification of Germany. And following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, he united the global community to defeat Saddam Hussein. At home, Bush reasserted fiscal discipline after the excesses of the Reagan years. It was ultimately his political awkwardness that cost Bush a second term. His toughest decisions widened fractures in the Republican Party, and with his party divided, Bush lost his bid for reelection in 1992. In a final irony, the conservatives who scorned him would return to power eight years later, under his son and namesake, with the result that the elder George Bush would see his reputation soar. 

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Saturday, May 2, 2015 - 10:00am
George H. W. Bush: The American Presidents Series: The 41st President, 1989-1993 By Timothy Naftali, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (Editor), Sean Wilentz (Editor) Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9780805069662
Availability: Not on our shelves. Usually arrives at The Bookworm in 4-7 days from distributor/publisher.
Without exception, non-returnable.
Published: Times Books - December 10th, 2007

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