When The World Seemed New: George H. W. Bush And The End Of The Cold War
by Jeffrey A. Engel /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Based on unprecedented access to
previously classified documents and dozens of
interviews with key policymakers, here is the untold story of
how George H. W. Bush faced a critical turning point of
history—the end of the Cold War.
Based on unprecedented access to
previously classified documents and dozens of
interviews with key policymakers, here is the untold story of
how George H. W. Bush faced a critical turning point of
history—the end of the Cold War.
The end of the Cold War was the greatest shock to
international affairs since World War II. In that perilous
moment, Saddam Hussein chose to invade Kuwait, China cracked
down on its own pro-democracy protesters, and regimes
throughout Eastern Europe teetered between democratic change
and new authoritarians. Not since FDR in 1945 had a U.S.
president faced such opportunities and challenges.
The end of the Cold War was the greatest shock to
international affairs since World War II. In that perilous
moment, Saddam Hussein chose to invade Kuwait, China cracked
down on its own pro-democracy protesters, and regimes
throughout Eastern Europe teetered between democratic change
and new authoritarians. Not since FDR in 1945 had a U.S.
president faced such opportunities and challenges.
As the presidential historian Jeffrey Engel reveals in this
page-turning history, behind closed doors from the Oval
Office to the Kremlin, George H. W. Bush rose to the occasion
brilliantly. Distrusted by such key allies as Margaret
Thatcher and dismissed as too cautious by the press,
Bush had the experience and the wisdom to use personal,
one-on-one diplomacy with world leaders. Bush knew when it
was essential to rally a coalition to push Iraq out of
Kuwait. He managed to help unify Germany while
strengthening NATO. Based on unprecedented access to
previously classified documents and interviews with all of
the principals,
As the presidential historian Jeffrey Engel reveals in this
page-turning history, behind closed doors from the Oval
Office to the Kremlin, George H. W. Bush rose to the occasion
brilliantly. Distrusted by such key allies as Margaret
Thatcher and dismissed as too cautious by the press,
Bush had the experience and the wisdom to use personal,
one-on-one diplomacy with world leaders. Bush knew when it
was essential to rally a coalition to push Iraq out of
Kuwait. He managed to help unify Germany while
strengthening NATO. Based on unprecedented access to
previously classified documents and interviews with all of
the principals,When the World Seemed New
When the World Seemed New is a
riveting, fly-on-the-wall account of a president with his
hand on the tiller, guiding the nation through a pivotal time
and setting the stage for the twenty-first century.
is a
riveting, fly-on-the-wall account of a president with his
hand on the tiller, guiding the nation through a pivotal time
and setting the stage for the twenty-first century.