George Bush: The Life of a Lone Star Yankee

by Judith T. Marcus (Editor)

Overview

In the first full biography of the former president, award-winning historian and biographer Herbert S. Parmet draws from George Bush's personal papers to look at the man who led America through the end of the Cold War. Enriched by access to Bush's private diaries, the book provides an intimate portrait of the forty-first president, and corrects many long-held misconceptions about him.Parmet shows George Bush within the context of a half century of American life and politics, at a time when great changes swept the nation. Parmet traces Bush's life from his New England youth, through World War II; from his leadership of the CIA, through his vice presidency and presidency, through his loss of the 1992 presidential election to Bill Clinton.This book will be of interest to readers of politics and political biographies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765807304
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	11/30/2000
Pages:	594
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Herbert S. Parmetis Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at The City University of New York. He is author of several books including Eisenhower and the American Crusades, also published by Transaction.

Herbert S. Parmetis Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at The City University of New York. He is author of several books including Eisenhower and the American Crusades, also published by Transaction.

Table of Contents

One: Down East; Two: Poppy as Preppy; Three: Poppy at War; Four: In Search of Black Gold; Five: On the Permian Basin; Six: Harris County; Seven: The Bush Circle; Eight: “Labels Are for Cans”; Nine: “Rubbers”; Ten: Good-bye to Texas; Eleven: Nixon and China; Twelve: “Head Spook”; Thirteen: The Man in the Brooks Brothers Suit; Fourteen: The Rise of the Lone Star Yankee; Fifteen: The Haunting of the Vice Presidency; Sixteen: Casey’s Kind of Guy; Seventeen: “With a Wink and a Nod”; Eighteen: “A Flag Too Far”; Nineteen: “Reagan Doesn’t Work Here Anymore”; Twenty: “It’s Six P.M. and We Don’t Know Where Noriega Is”; Twenty-One: “Kind of Drifting”; Twenty-Two: “Give Me the Strength to Do What Is Right”; Twenty-Three: “With High Fidelity”

Editorial Reviews

"Herbert S. Parmet offers up a Theodore White-model of living history which, if not the final word on Bush's legacy, brings fresh insight to the three whys most often asked about his political rise and fall: (1) Why, despite telling friends of his "strong reservations" about Bush, did Ronald Reagan pick him as a vice presidential running mate in 1980; (2) Why, despite little personal knowledge of Dan Quayle, did Bush pick him as a vice presidential running mate eight years later; (3) Why, after his unqualified "Read my lips" pledge at the Republican convention that same year, did Bush become party to the Democratic-inspired tax increase of 1990?" – American Spectator "The first comprehensive biography, done by an independent historian but with the former president's blessing." – Norman Ornstein, the Washington Post

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