{"product_id":"george-h-w-bush-9780805069662","title":"George H. W. Bush","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe judicious statesman who won victories abroad but suffered defeat at home, whose wisdom and demeanor served America well at a critical time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Bush was a throwback to a different era. A patrician figure not known for eloquence, Bush dismissed ideology as \"the vision thing.\" Yet, as Timothy Naftali argues, no one of his generation was better prepared for the challenges facing the United States as the Cold War ended. Bush wisely encouraged the liberalization of the Soviet system and skillfully orchestrated the reunification of Germany. And following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, he united the global community to defeat Saddam Hussein. At home, Bush reasserted fiscal discipline after the excesses of the Reagan years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was ultimately his political awkwardness that cost 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Times Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805069662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2007 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2007 pg. 1038\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2007 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2007 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Timothy Naftali","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643903570076,"sku":"9780805069662","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_73f80a66-c6e7-45a5-bbbf-80dcd763e455.jpg?v=1603857500","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/george-h-w-bush-9780805069662","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}