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Publisher
Crown Forum
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A collection of behind-the-scenes stories and iconic images of the influential First Lady, compiled by a close confidante and former press secretary, shares insights into her personal life, from her daily routines to her enduring influence in the Reagan White House.
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Series
Publisher
MyReportLinks.com Books
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of George Bush, who served as Vice President under Ronald Reagan and led the country during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to George Herbert Walker Bush.
Author
Language
English
Description
George W. Bush covers the entire scope of the elder President Bush's life and career, including his service in the Pacific during World War II, his pioneering work in the Texas oil business, and his political rise as a Congressman, U.S. Representative to China and the United Nations, CIA Director, Vice President, and 41st President of the United States.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Smashes through the layers of lies and secrecy that have surrounded and protected our country's most successful political dynasty for nearly two centuries. New York Times bestselling author Roger Stone lashes out with a blistering indictment, exposing the true history and monumental hypocrisy of the Bushes. In Stone's usual 'go for the jugular' style, this is a no-holds-barred history of the Bush family, composed of smug, entitled autocrats who both...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The long-hidden story of a family we thought we knew--and of a power-making apparatus that we have barely begun to comprehend. George W. Bush left office as one of the most unpopular presidents in American history. Russ Baker asks the question that lingers even as this benighted administration winds down: Who really wanted this man at the helm, and why did his backers promote him despite his obvious liabilities and limitations? This book goes deep...
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Language
English
Formats
Description
With relentless media coverage, it is hard to believe that we still might not know some of the most significant facts about the presidency of George W. Bush. Yet beneath the surface events of the Bush presidency lies a secret history that involves domestic spying, abuses of power, and outrageous operations. It includes a CIA that became caught in a political crossfire that it could not withstand, and what it did to respond. It includes a Defense Department...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
p2007
Language
English
Description
Examines how George Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush performed as history's first successive global leaders following the United States' victory over the Cold War, and how that performance was influenced by their leadership styles.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Richard Haass -- a member of the National Security Council staff for the first President Bush and the director of policy planning in the State Department for Bush II -- contrasts the decisions that shaped the conduct of the two Iraq wars and makes a crucial distinction between the 1991 and 2003 conflicts while offering a thoughtful examination of the means and ends of U.S. foreign policy: how it should be made, what it should seek to accomplish, and...
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Language
English
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Description
"Jenna Bush Hager, the former first daughter and granddaughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and coanchor of the Today show, shares moving, funny stories about her beloved grandparents and the wisdom they passed on that has shaped her life" --
To the world, George and Barbara Bush were America's president and first lady. To Hager, they were her beloved Gampy and Ganny, who taught her about respect, humility, kindness, and living a life of...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In this brilliant biography, Jon Meacham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, chronicles the life of George Herbert Walker Bush. Drawing on President Bush's personal diaries, on the diaries of his wife, Barbara, and on extraordinary access to the forty-first president and his family, Meacham paints an intimate and surprising portrait of an intensely private man who led the nation through tumultuous times. From the Oval Office to Camp David, from his...
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