{"product_id":"41-inside-the-presidency-of-george-h-w-bush-paperback-softback-9780801479274","title":"41; Inside the Presidency of George H. W. Bush (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801479274","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003e41\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInside the Presidency of George H. W. Bush\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Nelson (Edited by), Barbara A. Perry (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801479274\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 March 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 1 halftone, 2 tables - 1 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlthough it lasted only a single term, the presidency of George H. W. Bush was an unusually eventful one, encompassing the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the invasion of Panama, the Persian Gulf War, and contentious confirmation hearings over Clarence Thomas and John Tower.\u003c\/b\u003e Bush has said that to understand the history of his presidency, while \"the documentary record is vital,\" interviews with members of his administration \"add the human side that those papers can never capture.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book draws on interviews with senior White House and Cabinet officials conducted under the auspices of the Bush Oral History Project (a cooperative effort of the University of Virginia's Miller Center and the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation) to provide a multidimensional portrait of the first President Bush and his administration. Typically, interviews explored officials' memories of their service with President Bush and their careers prior to joining the administration. Interviewees also offered political and leadership lessons they had gleaned as eyewitnesses to and shapers of history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe contributors to \u003ci\u003e41\u003c\/i\u003e—all seasoned observers of American politics, foreign policy, and government institutions—examine how George H. W. Bush organized and staffed his administration, operated on the international stage, followed his own brand of Republican conservatism, handled legislative affairs, and made judicial appointments. A scrupulously objective analysis of oral history, primary documents, and previous studies,\u003ci\u003e 41\u003c\/i\u003e deepens the historical record of the forty-first president and offers fresh insights into the rise of the \"new world order\" and its challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \u003ci\u003ePhilip Zelikow \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preface \u003ci\u003eMichael Nelson and Barbara Perry \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e George H. W. Bush's Road to the White House\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: History and George Bush \u003ci\u003eRussell L. Riley \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I AMERICAN CONSERVATISM\u003cbr\u003e 1. George Bush: Texan, Conservative \u003ci\u003eMichael Nelson \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. George Bush and American Conservatism \u003ci\u003eHugh Heclo \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II WAR AND STATECRAFT\u003cbr\u003e 3. Organizing Security: How the Bush Presidency Made Decisions on War and Peace \u003ci\u003eBartholomew Sparrow \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. When George Bush Believed the Cold War Ended and Why That Mattered \u003ci\u003eJeffrey A. Engel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Character and Consequence: The John Tower Confirmation Battle \u003ci\u003eRobert A. Strong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part III DOMESTIC POLITICS AND POLICY\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Offered Hand and the Veto Fist: George Bush, Congress, and Domestic Policy Making \u003ci\u003eBarbara Sinclair \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. From Oral History to Oral Argument: George Bush's Supreme Court Appointments \u003ci\u003eBarbara A. Perry and Henry J. Abraham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Navigating the Crosswinds of Modern Politics and Policy \u003ci\u003eSidney M. Milkis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Interviewees for the George H. W. 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