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When the World Seemed New - George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War (Paperback)
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When the World Seemed New - George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War (Paperback)
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Loot Price R547
Discovery Miles 5 470
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The collapse of the Soviet Union was the greatest shock to
international affairs since World War II. In that perilous moment,
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and regimes throughout Eastern Europe
and Asia teetered between democratic change and new authoritarian
rule. President Bush faced a world in turmoil that might easily
have tipped into an epic crisis. As presidential historian Jeffrey
Engel reveals in this page-turning history, Bush rose to the
occasion brilliantly. Using handwritten letters and direct
conversations--some revealed here for the first time--with heads of
state throughout Asia and Europe, Bush knew when to push, when to
cajole, and when to be patient. Based on previously classified
documents, and interviews with all the principals, When the World
Seemed New is a riveting, fly-on-the-wall account of a president
with his calm hand on the tiller, guiding the nation from a moment
of great peril to the pinnacle of global power. "An absorbing
book." -- Wall Street Journal "Engel's excellent history forms a
standing--if unspoken--rebuke to the retrograde nationalism
espoused by Donald J. Trump." -- New York Times Book Review
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