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    George H. W. Bush: The American Presidents Series: The 41st President, 1989-1993
    George H. W. Bush: The American Presidents Series: The 41st President, 1989-1993
    George H. W. Bush: The American Presidents Series: The 41st President, 1989-1993
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    George H. W. Bush: The American Presidents Series: The 41st President, 1989-1993

    Written by Timothy Naftali

    Narrated by Patrick Frederic

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    George Bush was a throwback to a different era. A patrician figure not known for his eloquence, Bush readily dismissed ideology as "the vision thing." Yet, as Timothy Naftali argues, there was no person of his generation better prepared for the challenges facing the United States as the Cold War ended. Bush wisely shepherded Soviet reformers through the liberalization of their system and skillfully orchestrated the reunification of Germany. And following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, he united the global community to defeat Saddam Hussein. At home, Bush reasserted the principle of fiscal discipline after the excesses of the Reagan years.

    It was ultimately his political awkwardness that cost George 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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateDec 10, 2007
    ISBN9781427202215
    George H. W. Bush: The American Presidents Series: The 41st President, 1989-1993
    Author

    Timothy Naftali

    Timothy Naftali is the director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, having previously served as director of the Presidential Recordings Program at the University of Virginia. He is the coauthor of Khrushchev’s Cold War and One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Kennedy, Castro, and the Cuban Missile Crisis 1958-1964, and the author of Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism. He lives in Los Angeles.

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      This is a servicable narrative history of the Bush administration. It is, however, a bothersome addition to this series, whose stated purpose is to eschew narrative history and cut to the chase of explaining a point or two of major historical importance which resulted from the administration. This volume almost entirely lacks such analysis, and such as there is resides in an overlong coda contrasting the two Bush administrations. It is also far from objective; at one point he characterizes Bush as a 'great' president; the kindliest term for that opinion is 'exaggerated'.