The Quiet Man: The Indispensable Presidency of George H W Bush

✍ Scribed by Sununu, John H

• Book ID: 108633861
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 9 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780062384287

✦ Synopsis

George H. W. Bush is much too modest to brag about what he accomplished as the forty-first president of the United States. As a result, the conventional wisdom about his presidency misses many of his greatest achievements. Now this unique insider account by former chief of staff John H. Sununu finally gives this indispensable president full credit for the positive impact he had on the United States and the world.

Though Bush is rightfully remembered for orchestrating one of the largest and most effective military campaigns in history—the first Gulf War—Sununu argues that this success overshadowed many of his other significant accomplishments. Most important, of course, was Bush's calm and capable leadership during the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Through skillful command and his own special brand of diplomatic tact, Bush helped shape a world in which the United States emerged as the lone superpower.

These foreign policy...