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The Presidency of George H.W. Bush (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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The Presidency of George H.W. Bush (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: American Presidency Series
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Shortly after George H. W. Bush lost his re-election bid to Bill
Clinton in 1989, John Robert Greene's verdict on the 41st president
of the United States was that he "brought no discredit to the
office" and "Bush was both patient and prudent. . . mak[ing] few
mistakes." In the years since the release of Greene's profile of
the senior Bush, deemed by Publishers Weekly, "the essential
introduction to Bush's abbreviated, but still consequential, tenure
in office," a wealth of materials about Bush's presidency has
become available, even as distance has sharpened our perspective on
the Bush years. In this significantly expanded second edition of
The Presidency of George H.W. Bush, Greene takes full advantage of
newly released documents to revisit Bush's term, to consider his
post-presidency accomplishments, and to enhance and clarify our
understanding of his place in history. Such milestones as the fall
of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany, the fall of the
Soviet Union, the savings and loan crisis, and the transition to
the Clinton administration receive renewed and far more detailed
treatment here, as do the ramifications of George H. W. Bush's
positions and policies. Greene also devotes ample attention to
Bush's post-presidency, including his relationship with his son,
President George W. Bush, as well as the development of his close
friendship with Bill Clinton. The elder Bush emerges from this
reappraisal as a considerably more activist president, with a more
activist administration, than was previously assumed. Greene's
concise and readable account, drawing on the contents of the Bush
Library, the papers of James A. Baker III, and personal interviews,
shows us the 41st president-and thus an important chapter in
American history-in a new and more revealing light.
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