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George H.W. Bush
Sworn in as the 41st President of the United States on January 20, 1989, George Herbert Walker Bush helped usher in a new and more hopeful geopolitical era marked by the spread of freedom and free markets. During his historic term in office, the West prevailed in the Cold War; the Soviet Union gave way to a democratic Russia; the Berlin Wall “fell” and Germany was unified within NATO; and President Bush signed two treaties to drastically reduce the threat of nuclear war. After Iraq’s unprovoked invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Mr. Bush forged an unprecedented coalition of disparate nations to uphold international law. His deft handling of this international crisis enabled him to convene the Madrid Peace Conference later in 1991. Throughout his presidency, George Bush worked closely with his international counterparts, including Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, in ways that advanced America’s interests in peace and economic opportunity.
President Bush was the first sitting vice president to ascend to the presidency since 1837, and he was also only the second American president to serve a full term without party control in either chamber of Congress. Nevertheless, President Bush worked with Congress to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Clean Air Act — landmark civil rights and environmental legislation. He also successfully fought for and negotiated the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which was later signed into law. The education summit Mr. Bush hosted in 1989 with all 50 U.S. governors at the University of Virginia helped to spur a national reform movement. The 1990 budget agreement he signed codified into law real caps on discretionary spending by Congress while cutting the deficit by historic levels.
As president, Mr. Bush launched his “Points of Light” initiative to promote volunteerism and community service across America, and during his term in office he named 1,020 Daily Points of Light hailing from all 50 states. Long before he entered the political arena, however, he demonstrated his belief that “there could be no definition of a successful life that does not include service to others.” While at Yale, for example, he helped lead an annual charity fund drive that benefited the United Negro College Fund . In 1953, he helped establish the YMCA in Midland , Texas and served as chairman of the founding board. The Bushes also started the Bright Star Foundation to support cancer research following the death of their three year-old daughter, Robin, from leukemia on October 12, 1953.
President George H. W. Bush has written two books – Looking Forward and A World Transformed – while his personal diary and other writings served as the basis for two additional books, All the Best and The China Diary of George H. W. Bush.
Co-authored with General Brent Scowcroft, on foreign policy during his administration
A collection of letters written throughout his life
In 2008, President Bush's diary, written during his time in China, was published under the title,
Since leaving office, President Bush has helped to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for charity. He served as chairman of the University of Texas’ M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors from 2001 to 2003, and the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia from 2006 to 2008. He was also named honorary chairman of the Points of Light Institute, the World Golf Foundation’s “First Tee” program, and C-Change, a coalition of cancer organizations. Of special note was his partnership with his successor, President Bill Clinton, to spearhead public awareness and financial relief efforts for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami , Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, and Hurricane Ike in 2008. In 2005, President Bush accepted an appointment from United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan as Special Envoy for the South Asian Earthquake Disaster following a devastating earthquake in Pakistan that claimed nearly 75,000 lives. He also teamed up with former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama to launch the One America Appeal for relief funds after the 2017 hurricane season devastated large swaths of Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
At the request of President George W. Bush, President Bush worked with President Bill Clinton to help raise funds to aid in the relief efforts following the catastrophic tsunami in Southeast Asia and Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast states.
In 2006, he served as U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy for the South Asia earthquake.
Following the destruction caused by Hurricane Ike on the Gulf Coast in September of 2008, President Bush again joined with President Clinton to form the Bush-Clinton Gulf Coast Recovery Fund to aid in the reconstruction of Gulf Coast infrastructure.
President Bush has received numerous honorary degrees and, after leaving the presidency, was awarded high honors from such nations as Kuwait, the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, Nicaragua, Poland, the Czech Republic and Saudi Arabia. The Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in northern Virginia, Intercontinental Airport in Houston, and several elementary and high schools in Texas were named for the former president. The USS George H. W. Bush , which is the tenth and last of the Navy’s Nimitz-class supercarriers, was commissioned on January 10, 2009 at Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia and has deployed around the world in support of America’s foreign policy objectives. Finally, on February 15, 2011, President Bush accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama during a White House ceremony .
Born on June 12, 1924, in Milton, Mass., George Bush became a decorated naval pilot who flew torpedo bombers during World War II. He was shot down on September 2, 1944 while completing a mission over Chi Chi Jima Island and, tragically, lost his two crewmen William “Ted” White and John Delaney. By the time he was honorably discharged in September of 1945, Lieutenant Junior Grade Bush had logged 1,228 hours of flight time, 126 carrier landings and 58 combat missions. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the U.S. Navy Air Medal with two gold stars. Mr. Bush graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University in 1948 with a degree in economics, and immediately moved to Texas with his wife Barbara and eldest son George W. to begin making his way in the oil business.
President Bush's career in politics and public service began in February of 1963, when he was elected chairman of the Harris County (Texas) Republican Party. He was elected in 1966 to the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas' Seventh District and served two terms. Before serving as vice president from 1981 to 1989 under Ronald Reagan, President Bush held a number of senior-level positions: Ambassador to the United Nations (1971-1973); Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973-1974); Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in China (1974-1976); and Director of Central Intelligence (1976-1977).
In 1980, Mr. Bush lost his first bid for the Republican presidential nomination to former California Governor Ronald Reagan, but accepted a spot on the GOP national ticket and served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. In that position, Mr. Bush managed federal deregulation and anti-drug efforts, and headed the Reagan administrations’ effort to combat terrorism. In foreign policy, President Reagan dispatched Vice President Bush at a pivotal and contentious time to help manage negotiations with key NATO allies leading to the deployment of Pershing II missiles in West Germany – a critical turning point in the Cold War. Flying from Texas to Washington, DC following the assassination attempt on President Reagan on March 30, 1981, Vice President Bush rejected a suggestion that he chopper directly from Andrews Air Force Base to the White House. “Only the president lands on the South Lawn,” he said, concerned about the worrisome impact such an irregular sight might have.
George and Barbara Bush have five children, 17 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Their oldest son, George W., was sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States in 2001 and served two terms, returning to Texas in January 2009. Their son Jeb served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. The Bushes have been married since January 6, 1945, and reside in Houston, Texas, and Kennebunkport, Maine. President Bush takes great pride that all of his children and grandchildren are active in their communities helping others.
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Upon assuming office, Bush made a number of notable senior staff appointments, among them that of Gen. Colin Powell to chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff . His other important policy makers included James Baker as secretary of state and William Bennett as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. In the course of his presidency, he also nominated two Supreme Court justices , David H. Souter (to replace the retiring William J. Brennan ) and the more controversial Clarence Thomas (to replace Thurgood Marshall ).
From the outset of his presidency, however, Bush demonstrated far more interest in foreign than domestic policy. On December 20, 1989, he ordered a military invasion of Panama , part of a plan called Operation Just Cause , in order to topple that country’s leader, Gen. Manuel Noriega , who—though at one time of service to the U.S. government—had become notorious for his brutality and his involvement in the drug trade. The invasion, which lasted four days, resulted in hundreds of deaths, mostly of Panamanians, and the operation was denounced by both the Organization of American States and the UN General Assembly.
Bush’s presidency coincided with world events of large proportion, including the collapse of communism in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union and the reunification of Germany. In November 1990 Bush met with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Paris and signed a mutual nonaggression pact, a symbolic conclusion to the Cold War . They also signed treaties sharply reducing the number of weapons that the two superpowers had stockpiled over the decades of Cold War hostility.
In August 1990, Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait . Bush led a worldwide UN-approved embargo against Iraq to force its withdrawal and sent a U.S. military contingent to Saudi Arabia to counteract Iraqi pressure and intimidation. Perhaps his most significant diplomatic achievement was the skillful construction of a coalition of western European and Arab states against Iraq. Over the objections of those who favored restraint, Bush increased the U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf region to about 500,000 troops within a few months. When Iraq failed to withdraw from Kuwait, he authorized a U.S.-led air offensive that began on January 16–17, 1991. The ensuing Persian Gulf War culminated in an Allied ground offensive in late February that decimated Iraq’s armies and restored Kuwait’s independence.
On the strength of his victory over Iraq and his competent leadership in foreign affairs , Bush’s approval rating soared to about 90 percent. This popularity soon waned, however, as an economic recession that began in late 1990 persisted into 1992. Throughout this period, Bush showed much less initiative in domestic affairs, though he initially worked with Congress in efforts to reduce the federal government’s continuing large budget deficits. A moderate conservative , he made no drastic departures from Reagan’s policies—except in taxes. In 1990, in a move that earned him the enmity of his conservative supporters and the distrust of many voters who had backed him in 1988, he reneged on his “read my lips” pledge and raised taxes in an attempt to cope with the soaring budget deficit.
Bush’s policy reversal on taxation and his inability to turn around the economy—his failure to put across what he called “the vision thing” to the American public—ultimately proved his downfall. Bush ran a lackluster campaign for reelection in 1992 . He faced a fierce early challenge from Patrick Buchanan in the Republican primary and then lost votes in the general election to third-party candidate Ross Perot . Meanwhile, Bush’s Democratic opponent, Bill Clinton of Arkansas, hammered away at the issue of the deteriorating economy. In the oft-repeated words of Clinton strategist James Carville , the key issue of the day was “the economy, stupid!” Bush, the first vice president since Martin Van Buren in 1836 to succeed directly to the presidency via an election rather than the death of the incumbent, lost to Clinton by a popular vote of 37 percent to Clinton’s 43 percent; Perot garnered an impressive 19 percent of the vote. In trying to explain how Bush—always an active man and an avid jogger—could have run such a lifeless campaign and performed so poorly in formal debates with Clinton, some analysts postulated that Bush was hampered by medication he had been taking to treat his atrial fibrillation , reportedly caused by Graves disease . Bush’s campaign managers vehemently denied the theory.
In his last weeks in office, Bush ordered a U.S. military-led mission to feed the starving citizens of war-torn Somalia , thereby placing U.S. marines in the crossfire of warring factions and inadvertently causing the deaths of 18 soldiers. Equally as controversial was his pardoning of six Reagan administration officials charged with illegal actions associated with the Iran-Contra Affair .
George h. w. bush, 41st president of the united states.
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George Herbert Walker Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, an affluent suburb of New York City. His father, Prescott Bush, was managing partner of the international investment banking house of Brown Brothers, Harriman and Company. The senior Bush later entered Republican politics and served as United States Senator from Connecticut from 1962 to 1972. In Greenwich, George Bush attended Greenwich Country Day School before entering Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. At Andover, he played varsity baseball, was captain of the basketball and soccer teams, and president of the senior class. When George Bush graduated from Andover, he had already been admitted to Yale University, but the United States had entered World War II, and he enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserve instead. At age 18, he became the youngest pilot in the United States Navy. During the war, he was shot down in combat over the Pacific and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross.
A few months before the end of the war, while on rotation home, he married Barbara Pierce, whose father published the magazines Redbook and McCall’s. After the war, Bush entered Yale, where in only three years he earned a B.A. in economics and a Phi Beta Kappa key. Although he was offered a job at his father’s firm, Brown Brothers, Harriman and Company, Bush moved, with his wife and infant son, to West Texas, where he worked for Dresser Industries, an oilfield supply company. He started at the bottom, sweeping warehouses and painting machinery, but soon became a salesman of drilling bits. By 1950, he had gone into business for himself, forming the Bush-Overbey Company with partner John Overbey in Midland, Texas. This company, which dealt in oil and gas properties, grew and took on more partners. In 1954, George Bush co-founded and became the president of Zapata Offshore Company.
Having earned a fortune of his own, Bush became active in Republican Party politics. By 1964, he become chairman of the Republican Party of Harris County. That same year, he ran for the U.S. Senate, but was defeated in the Democratic landslide that returned Lyndon Johnson to the White House.
Bush had better luck in the election of 1966, when he became the first Republican ever to represent Houston in Congress. Bush was easily re-elected in 1968. By 1970 he was ready to try for the Senate again, but was defeated by Lloyd Bentsen.
Presidents Nixon and Ford selected Bush for a series of high-profile appointments: Ambassador to the United Nations in 1971, Chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1973, envoy to China in 1974 and Director of Central Intelligence in 1976. When Jimmy Carter was elected President in 1976, he appointed a new Director and George Bush returned to private life.
In 1980, Bush made his own run for the presidency. In early primaries that year, George Bush made a strong showing, but by the time the Republicans met for their convention in Detroit, it was clear that Ronald Reagan would be the nominee, and George Bush had dropped out of the race. Many Republicans were surprised when Reagan selected Bush as his running mate. At the time, they were considered leaders of opposite wings of the Party, Reagan a conservative and Bush a moderate, but Bush campaigned effectively for the ticket. The pair won handily and were re-elected by a landslide in 1984.
George Bush sought the presidency again in 1988, and won the Republican nomination over a large field of candidates. His election that November was a decisive one, though not the landslide he and Reagan had enjoyed in 1984.
The two proudest accomplishments of Bush’s presidency were the passage of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) and the successful prosecution of the war to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation. This effort saw the U.S. leading a grand coalition, including Arab countries which had long distrusted the United States. This experience of cooperation led to a renewal of the stalled Mideast peace process.
A sluggish economy undermined President Bush’s chances for re-election in 1992. The third-party candidacy of businessman H. Ross Perot, Jr. split off a fragment of the Reagan-Bush electoral coalition, and President Bush was defeated by the Democratic candidate, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton. After leaving office, George Bush avoided criticizing his successor, and lent his support to the controversial North American Free Trade Agreement, which was initially drafted during his own administration.
After being defeated for re-election in 1992, George Bush had the pleasure of seeing two of his sons achieve high office. George W. Bush was elected Governor of Texas in 1994, and Jeb Bush won election as Governor of Florida in 1998, but the political achievements of the Bush family did not end there. Only once before in U.S. history had the son of a former U.S. president succeeded to the presidency. The second President of the United States, John Adams, was not well enough to travel to Washington for his son John Quincy Adams’s inauguration in 1825. But in 2001, former President George H. W. Bush was still in vigorous good health, and sat proudly by as his son George W. Bush was sworn in as 43rd President of the United States.
The elder President Bush surprised almost everyone when he fulfilled an old ambition and parachuted from an airplane for the first time since his wartime service. He was 72 years old at the time, and repeated the feat to celebrate his 75th, 80th, 85th and 90th birthdays. On his 80th birthday, he parachuted — not once, but twice — onto the grounds of his presidential library.
During his son’s presidency, George H. W. Bush forged a highly visible partnership with a one-time political rival, former President Clinton, joining forces to mobilize international support for disaster relief after the 2005 tsunami in Indonesia. In 2011, President Barack Obama recognized George Herbert Walker Bush’s lifetime of service, awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in a ceremony at the White House.
At the time of his death at age 94, he was the oldest ex-president in American history. His passing was noted with the praise of leaders from around the world and from both sides of his country’s political divide. The historical reputation of George H.W. Bush’s presidency has grown with the years, and the man himself is remembered as an exemplar of courtesy and integrity in public life.
“This aggression will not stand.”
With these words, George Herbert Walker Bush committed the United States to the liberation of the oil-rich Kingdom of Kuwait, after it had been occupied by the Republic of Iraq in August of 1990. Over considerable opposition, Bush rallied the country to the cause, and assembled an unprecedented international coalition.
George H. W. Bush devoted his life to his family and to his country. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve and flew combat missions in World War II while still a teenager. After enjoying success in business, and raising his family, he entered political life, serving as Congressman, Vice President and finally President of the United States.
His administration saw the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, renewal of the Voting Rights Act, and successful American military actions in Kuwait and Panama. Over the course of his career, he involved himself in many of the most contentious political debates of the age, but through it all he retained the personal goodwill of political allies and adversaries alike.
Was there an experience that changed your life?
George H.W. Bush: I think the major event that shaped my life was being a naval aviator. I got my commission and wings at 18 years old, and then I went into combat at 19. And I think, as I look back on it, that whole experience probably shaped my life more than any incident, or any event. Although I remember when I was shot down in that war. I remember how terrified I was. And it made me feel close to my family, and to God, and to life, and I was scared. Then we lost a child, there was that incident, a four-year-old little girl. It had a profound effect on me and on Barbara. You know, when you lose a child some families go apart. There’s a common wisdom that the loss of a loved one for parents divides them later on. People cite divorce statistics. In our case it was just the other way around. And our family has been close, close, close. And Barbara and I have been married for over 50 years, and I think that horrible incident drew us even closer together.
How do you define integrity?
George H.W. Bush: The word integrity to me means being honest. It means that your word is good for something. I was in business years ago out in West Texas in the late ’40s and early ’50s. You didn’t need escrow agreements and 25 lawyers. Your word was your bond. You shook hands with a person and the deal was kept, it was made. Nobody would run away from a handshake. Integrity is having your word of honor so sacrosanct that others trust you.
Is there integrity in world politics today?
George H.W. Bush: Much more than you’d believe from the current wisdom: that everybody in politics is selfish, everybody is in there to glorify himself, or herself, that all politicians are corrupt.
I’m disturbed by the attack on political figures. The assumption that everyone is guilty until proven innocent is just 180 degrees different than the justice system ought to be. And I don’t know what it takes to change that. I think the attacks that hurt me the most were not those that differed with me on abortion, or guns, or prayer in school, or on balanced budgets, or on taxes. The ones that hurt the most were those that challenged my character. Didn’t trust my word. And I think there’s an adversarial feeling in the press that “All politicians are going to lie to me, and therefore it’s my obligation to get to the truth.” It’s a very unhealthy view. And some political people do lie all the time, and step over their friend to achieve the objective themselves. But I’m one who believes that one’s word of honor is about one of the most fundamentally important things there is.
What was the proudest moment of your career?
George H.W. Bush: This may sound like a cliché, but I’ll put it this way. The proudest thing in my life is that my children came home. The proudest moment of my presidency, domestically, was when I signed a piece of civil rights legislation known as the ADA, doing something for the disabled. A massive piece of civil rights legislation that put disabled people, 50 million of them, into the mainstream, or at least removed legal obstacles to their being in the mainstream. The proudest moment internationally was when we prevailed over a brutal dictator. Formed a coalition that overcame public opinion in this country, cynicism in the press, reluctance in the Congress to do what was right, to say that a country — in this instance, Iraq — with the fourth largest army in the world, was not going to brutalize its neighbor, take over its neighbor by force. It was proud for me because I was privileged to be the commander-in-chief, but I’m not quite egotistical enough to feel that it was anything but a team effort. A classic victory of young soldiers working together, of sound diplomats doing their best. And of a country coming together to make a profound moral statement: aggression will not stand.
What were the biggest disappointments in your career?
George H.W. Bush: Nobody likes to lose. I used to call home when I was a 14-year-old soccer player away at school and tell my mother, “I got three goals today.” And she’d shake me off over the long distance phone and say, “It doesn’t matter, how did the team do?” When I lost a race for the United States Senate, I thought the world was going to end for me politically, and 18 years later I was elected President of the United States. The biggest disappointment was that I wasn’t able to communicate properly to the American people — with the proper conviction and the proper ability — where the country really stood. The pessimists, the naysayers, the change-wanters overwhelmed me, and I wasn’t good enough. I wasn’t articulate enough to have the country understand that we weren’t in a recession, that we were in a rather booming economy in the last half of my presidency. That was a personal shortcoming, a failure on my path. My predecessor could handle it pretty well, Ronald Reagan.
I don’t want to put a bitter note on the press, but there’s an unaccountability. The charge that got me the most was against my character. It was alleged that I went to Paris to meet with Iranians in 1988, to talk them into holding Americans hostage until after the presidential election. I fought for my country. The fact that this charge could be given credence by the press got right to my soul. The fact that it caused the Congress to spend $2 million running down this outrageous charge against my very soul really, really affected me. It still does, and it will ’til the day I die. I fought for my country, and to suggest that I would make an insidious deal like that with the Iranians so that Ronald Reagan and I could win an election was horrible. I fault the press for that. I fault them for unaccountable charges that were subsequently shown to be totally false. I fought the Congress from pursuing this outrageous allegation against my character. Good friends on the Democratic side insisted on the hearing. In a sense, I’m glad they did, because there was total vindication and these charges were shown to be totally erroneous.
I went to a Missing In Action POW meeting just before the election. Some idiot got up and started yelling at me that I knew there were live Americans in Vietnam, and I was unwilling to bring them home. That had nothing to do with Vietnam prisoners. What it had to do with was character. Would an American president, would I, who fought for my country and did my level best, leave an American incarcerated, knowing that we could do something about it? And the answer was, no. It’s the attack on character, it’s the attack on your very fiber, your being, that hurts. And who’s guilty? Well, I think to some degree the press is much more unaccountable and ferociously adversarial. And I think there’s some that have accepted the view that, well, this might well be true, the man doesn’t have the character. And I did. I made mistakes, screwed things up real bad on a lot of things. Couldn’t get things done the way I wanted, but it wasn’t because I was a couple of quarts low on character.
All public figures are subject to criticism attacks. How do you respond to attacks?
George H.W. Bush: If you’re attacked personally you have to basically ignore it. You’ve got to go back in history and recognize that there’s nothing new here. It’s more vindictive, more outrageous, more unaccountable. The way that Franklin Roosevelt was treated in the presidency by the press is entirely different than the way President Clinton, or me, or President Reagan were treated. There’s been an evolution of incivility. But that isn’t to say that there weren’t, in our history, ferociously nasty editorials and charges and counter-charges that weren’t true. You have to have a relatively thick skin, you’ve got to turn the other cheek. You’ve got to try to do what your little kids in high schools do, make friends, and go the extra mile to see that the critic knows where you’re coming from. But it can be ugly. There’s a pack mentality today. And one hound gets out in front and the rest of the pack are baying at the heels of whoever it is that’s being pursued. That’s not a good thing. And so, what do you do when you’re under fire? Try to tell the truth. Try to give it your best shot. Don’t take it too personally, and get on with your life.
Some people say that President Roosevelt allowed the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor.
George H.W. Bush: I think that’s absurd. I don’t believe it for a minute, that he would have on his conscience the death of those people, and the battleship that you can see today, some bodies still in it, out there at Pearl Harbor, that he would have that guilt on his hands. I don’t believe it for a minute. I think there have been cases in history where the disclosure of information would cost more lives than the price for not disclosing. I think Commanders-in-Chief face dilemmas, but I don’t think Roosevelt would ever be guilty of permitting a Pearl Harbor, so as he could mobilize public opinion to bring the United States into the war on the side of our allies against fascism, and on the side of our allies against imperialism. An allegation can be made against a public figure, or a private figure, or a neighbor. Say it once loudly and get enough coverage, or spread enough disinformation, and the person can be severely damaged.
I’ll give you a personal example. It was alleged that I was out of touch. “Bush is a president that’s out of touch. He came from a privileged background, doesn’t understand the hurt around this country.” I went down to see a technology show, and one of the items in the show was a brand new technology for check-out counters. It showed a machine that had never been invented before and, if my recollection is correct, wasn’t even on the market at this point. The guy brought in a crumpled milk carton and ran it across this scanner and it did something that no other scanner could possibly do. I made some comment. “Amazing, this is a wonderful thing.” And the people that produced this were saying, “This is the state-of-the-art, and we’ve got more to come.” It was wonderful. A lazy little journalist with a famous name working for The New York Times , the son of a decent and honorable father, but a lazy little journalist, was sitting in another room. He didn’t see this. He wrote that, “Here is Bush, he’s out of touch. He saw a scanner. He didn’t even know that at supermarkets you can scan something.” It played right into the hands of the press that wanted to show I was out of touch and it was picked up. We pointed out to the press afterwards that, one, the guy wasn’t there; two, this was brand new technology. CBS, not my favorite, came and defended me. Another one of the wire service reporters said that I got a bum rap, but the people don’t remember that. What they remember is that I was out of touch, that I didn’t even know what a grocery scanner was. You can’t fight back against that kind of thing. You can do a better job in communicating. I plead guilty to not being the world’s greatest communicator. But that was a myth, that was a lie, that was bad for me. And yet it lives on, people remember it. The fact that Bush was out of touch, he didn’t even know there was a grocery counter scanner. Now, what’s the equity, what’s the fairness in that kind of reporting, that kind of cynical attack? But the answer is, you can’t let them get you down, you’ve got to keep on trying to do your best.
It gets back to what my mother said, “Do your best, try your hardest, be honest.” Those high achieving kids — I hope they’re listening to that advice. Because if they get to be president, if they get to win the Nobel Peace Prize, it’s those kind of values that are going to matter.
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by World History Edu · August 18, 2024
The 41st president of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who presided over the country from 1989 -1993. Republican by affiliation, he previously served as President Ronald Reagan’s 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989. He held positions as director of central intelligence, ambassador to the UN, and member of the House of Representatives. He also co-founded the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund.
George H. W. Bush’s presidential portrait
George H.W. Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, on June 12, 1924. He was the younger of Prescott Bush’s two children with Dorothy (Walker) Bush. Most of his early years were spent in Greenwich, at the family’s holiday home in Kennebunkport, Maine, or at the South Carolina plantation of his maternal grandparents.
He was mostly unscathed by the Great Depression because of the family’s affluence. He attended Phillips Academy, a prestigious private school in Massachusetts, from 1937 to 1942, and Greenwich Country Day School from 1929 to 1937. He held several positions throughout his time at Phillips Academy, including senior class president, student council secretary, community fund-raising club president, editorial board member of the school newspaper, and soccer and baseball team captain for the varsity.
Image: Bush in his Grumman TBF Avenger aboard the USS San Jacinto in 1944, during WWII
Bush joined the US Navy as a naval aviator on the day he turned 18 years old, right after Phillips Academy. He received his appointment as an ensign in the Naval Reserve at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi on June 9, 1943, following a period of training, making him one of the Navy’s youngest aviators.
He was part of the U.S. forces that bombed Japanese-held Wake Island. This occurred on his first combat mission in May 1944, and on August 1 of that same year, he was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade). He served in the Pacific theater and piloted a torpedo bomber called the Grumman TBF Avenger, which could take off from aircraft carriers. His squadron served in Air Group 51 aboard the USS San Jacinto, where his lanky build earned him the nickname “Skin”.
After Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed with atomic weapons on September 2, 1945, Japan officially capitulated without an invasion taking place. Though he was relieved of active duty that same month, he was not formally let go from the Navy until October 1955, by which time he had attained the rank of lieutenant. He had completed 128 carrier landings, flown 58 missions, and logged 1228 hours of flying time at the end of his active duty. The Distinguished Flying Cross was presented to him.
He first met Barbara Pierce in December 1941 at a Christmas dance in Greenwich. On January 6, 1945, in Rye, New York, they were wed. They had six kids. In 1953, leukemia claimed the life of their oldest daughter, Robin.
George H. W. Bush’s family
He enrolled in Yale College, where he participated in an accelerated program that allowed him to graduate in two and a half years instead of the typical four. He was elected as the fraternity’s president while a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He was a Phi Beta Kappa member and the baseball team captain at Yale University, where he excelled in both academics and athletics. The Skull and Bones secret society accepted him as a member. He earned Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts in economics in 1948.
George H. W. Bush at Phillips Academy
Bush relocated to Texas with his small family and turned down a job at his father’s company to work as an oil field supply salesman. His first job in Texas was selling oil field equipment for Dresser Industries, run by a close family friend named Neil Mallon. He and his family resided in Odessa, Texas, Ventura, Bakersfield, Compton, California, as well as Midland, Texas, when he worked for Dresser. He volunteered for Dwight D. Eisenhower’s victorious presidential campaign in 1952.
The Bush-Overbey Oil Development Company was established in 1951 with the help of Mallon and his uncle. He helped co-found the Zapata Petroleum Corporation in 1953, an oil business that carried out drilling operations in Texas’s Permian Basin. He was made president of the Zapata Offshore Company in 1954, a division that focused on offshore drilling. Until the middle of the 1960s, when he sold his ownership in the company for almost $1 million, he remained with Zapata.
Bush developed an interest in politics and public service like his father, who was elected a Senator from Connecticut in 1952. After serving in the Senate for ten years, Prescott Bush retired in 1962. His son entered politics the following year, serving as Houston, Texas’s Republican Party chairman. He quickly gained a positive reputation among the Texas Republican Party. After running unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1964, he was elected to Congress in 1966.
He ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1966 in the newly redistricted 7th congressional district of Texas, which is located in the Greater Houston area. He resigned from his position in the House in 1970 to challenge Yarborough in the race for the Senate, with the endorsement of President Richard Nixon . The more conservative Lloyd Bentsen upset Yarborough in the Democratic primary, but he comfortably won the Republican primary. Bentsen ultimately prevailed over him, garnering 53.5 percent of the vote.
George H. W. Bush as U.S. Ambassador to the UN
Bush accepted a post as a top adviser to the president after the 1970 Senate race, but he persuaded Nixon to nominate him instead as the country’s ambassador to the UN. With this job, he made his first venture into foreign policy and had his first significant interactions with China and the Soviet Union, the two main Cold War adversaries of the United States.
Nixon appointed him to lead the Republican National Committee (RNC) following his resounding victory in the 1972 presidential election. He was responsible for generating money, finding candidates, and appearing in the media on behalf of the party. During his time at the RNC, the Watergate scandal came to light. This controversy implicated Nixon and other White House officials later attempting to cover up the DNC break-in that occurred in June 1972.
Up until August 1974, he supported Nixon in this position before joining the rising chorus of people demanding for the president to step down.
Nixon resigned as president on August 9, 1974, and Gerald Ford was sworn in as president.
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President Ford recalled him to Washington in January 1976 to take over as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), putting him in control of the CIA. He was tasked with repairing the CIA’s morale and public image after the Watergate Scandal and the Vietnam War, when the agency’s involvement in numerous clandestine operations had caused damage to its reputation.
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After Ford lost the 1976 presidential election by a razor-thin margin to Carter, his time at the CIA came to an end. He joined the executive committee of the First International Bank in Houston as chairman, his first position outside of government since the 1960s.
He ran for president in 1980 under the Republican party. Despite his defeat, Ronald Reagan chose him to be his running mate. As vice president, he traveled to numerous foreign nations and was in charge of several domestic initiatives, such as Federal deregulation and anti-drug initiatives.
Bush with President Ronald Reagan in 1981
Image: US Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist administers the Presidential Oath of Office to Bush.
With Indiana Senator Dan Quayle as his running partner, he won the Republican presidential nomination in 1988 and defeated Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis in the general election. James Baker was his first significant choice for Secretary of State. Dick Cheney, Ford’s former chief of staff who later served as George W. Bush’s vice president, assumed command of the Department of Defense.
The Cold War symbolically ended when he visited with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Paris in November 1990 and signed a mutual nonaggression treaty.
Iraq invaded and seized Kuwait in August 1990. In order to compel Iraq to leave, he oversaw a UN approved global embargo against it. He dispatched American troops to Saudi Arabia to fend off Iraqi pressure and intimidation. His effective formation of a coalition of Arab and western European nations against Iraq was perhaps his most notable diplomatic accomplishment.
In 1992, he made his reelection intentions known. Despite his exceptional popularity as a result of this military and diplomatic victory, he was unable to survive domestic unrest brought on by the failing economy, an increase in gang violence, and ongoing high deficit spending. Democrat’s Clinton defeated him in his 1992 reelection campaign.
On the day of Clinton’s inauguration, he left Washington and headed back to Houston. His son George W. Bush, a two-term Texas governor, ran for president in 2000 and was elected, making him the second president’s son to hold the office.
On November 30, 2018, at his Houston home, George H. W. Bush passed away after a protracted struggle with vascular Parkinson’s disease.
President Bush lying in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Before becoming the 41st president, George H. W. Bush served as the 43rd vice president under Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1989. He also held various federal positions, including U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, chairman of the Republican National Committee, chief of the Liaison Office to the People’s Republic of China, and director of Central Intelligence.
George H. W. Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Early life of George H. W. Bush
As a young man, George H. W. Bush served as a pilot in the United States Navy Reserve during World War II.
Bush’s first major step into politics was an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate in 1964. However, he was elected to represent Texas’s 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1966.
Bush’s presidency was heavily influenced by foreign policy. He played a crucial role in the final years of the Cold War, was instrumental in the reunification of Germany, oversaw the U.S. invasion of Panama, and led the Gulf War, which ended Iraq’s occupation of Kuwait.
Domestically, Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Immigration Act, and the Clean Air Act Amendments in 1990. He also negotiated the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), though it was ratified after he left office.
Bush faced political backlash for breaking his 1988 campaign promise not to raise taxes, a decision he made to reduce the budget deficit.
Bush lost the 1992 presidential election to Bill Clinton due to a struggling economy, his reversal on the tax pledge, and the decreased emphasis on foreign policy in a post-Cold War political climate.
After leaving office, Bush was active in humanitarian work and often collaborated with his former political rival, Bill Clinton, on various initiatives.
George H. W. Bush is generally regarded as an above-average president by historians, acknowledged for his significant contributions to both domestic and international affairs. He also witnessed his son, George W. Bush, become the 43rd president of the United States, making them the second father-son duo to both serve as U.S. presidents. The first duo were John Adams (2nd U.S. President) and John Quincy Adams (6th U.S. President).
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George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018), 41st President of the United States, lived a rich life of service. He served as a naval aviator who nearly gave his life in World War II and an entrepreneurial Texas oil pioneer before devoting his life to politics. As Commander in Chief from 1989 – 1993, President Bush faced a dramatically changing world. In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, marking the beginning of the end of the Cold War. President Bush built a trusting relationship with Chancellor Helmut Kohl and President Mikhail Gorbachev, which ultimately helped result in German reunification and ensured that the end of the Soviet Union would be peaceful. Faced with President Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait in 1990, President Bush helped lead a grand coalition of 32 nations to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. After successfully liberating Kuwait, the Bush Administration helped reduce the threat of nuclear threat by signing two Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START). With Democratic control in both the House and Senate, President Bush worked across the aisle to help pass the historic Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). He went on to sign the Clean Air Act of 1990 and the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Born on June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts, George Bush credited his parents, Prescott and Dorothy, for raising him with strong values and enduring life lessons. On his 18th birthday, George Bush enlisted in the U.S. Navy and flew torpedo bombers in the Pacific during World War II. He was shot down on September 2, 1944, while completing a mission over Chi Chi Jima Island. After returning from war, George Bush married Barbara Pierce in Rye, New York on January 6, 1945. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Yale University and served as the captain of the Yale baseball team. After graduating the Bushes moved to West Texas where he began his career in the oil industry, later co-founding Zapata Petroleum Corporation. George Bush’s political career became active when he was elected as the Chairman of the Harris County Republican Party. In 1966, George Bush was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Following two terms of service, Mr. Bush accepted a series of senior-level appointments: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1971); Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973); Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing, China (1974); and Director of Central Intelligence (1976). In 1980, Mr. Bush lost his first bid for the Republican presidential nomination to former California Governor Ronald Reagan, but accepted a spot on the GOP national ticket and served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Vice President Bush prevailed over a crowded GOP primary field to gain the Republican nomination for president in 1988 and went on to defeat the Democratic nominee, Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. George Bush was sworn into office on January 20, 1989. As president, he launched the “Points of Light” initiative to promote volunteerism and community service across America. After leaving the White House, President and Mrs. Bush dedicated the George Bush Presidential Library at Texas A&M University. Known today as the George Bush Presidential Center, the Center is comprised of the Library & Museum and the Bush School for Government & Public Service – his living legacy. President Bush also remained closely involved with the University of Texas’ M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; National Constitution Center; C-Change, a collaborative group of key cancer leaders; Points of Light Foundation; and World Golf Foundation’s First Tee. A special partnership with former President Bill Clinton was developed to help raise financial relief for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, and Hurricane Ike in 2008. President Bush was the author of two books, Looking Forward and A World Transformed , co-authored with General Brent Scowcroft. His personal writings served as the basis for two additional books, All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings , and The China Diary of George H.W. Bush – The Making of a Global President . Together, George and Barbara Bush had six children – George W., Robin, Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro – along with 17 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The Bushes tragically lost Robin from leukemia in 1953. Two of President and Mrs. Bush’s sons went on to achieve high office: George W. served as the 46th Governor of Texas and the 43rd President of the United States, and Jeb served as the 43rd Governor of Florida.
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But now, despite his heroics in combat, his business acumen, his extraordinary capitalist grit and his unobtrusive but earnest political ambition, George H.W. Bush suddenly seems a quiet and unassuming figure from a long-passed era.
Bush 41’s presidency ended nearly a quarter-century ago but it still seems premature to consider the “best biographies” of him due, in part, to the recency of his death, his still-evolving legacy and the scarcity of biographies covering his life. And, in my opinion, the definitive biography of Bush 41 has yet to be written…
I read two biographies of Bush: a relatively dated book by noted historian (and author) Herbert Parmet and a much newer one by renowned biographer (and historian) Jon Meacham. In many ways the biographies are yin and yang , seemingly very different…but exceptionally complementary. Neither is ideal, but together they are clearly worth more than the sum of their parts.
* “ Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush ” (2015) by Jon Meacham
The author’s proximity to his subject is the defining feature of this biography. Meacham came to know Bush (and his family) extremely well during the decade-plus he spent writing this book. Meacham was even selected to eulogize Bush at his recent funeral. Thus, “Destiny and Power” affords readers the opportunity to see the world through Bush’s eyes. And in a very palpable way this biography reads like the memoirs Bush never wrote for himself.
But Bush’s pre-presidency passes too quickly and with too little depth. And while his presidency is covered at a more deliberate pace it often feels too forgiving. While Meacham is critical of Bush on occasion, pointing out flaws or failures, the book exudes an undeniable air of sympathy and affinity.
Nevertheless, Meacham is able to provide insight into Bush’s character and his world view that is likely to prove unique among Bush 41’s biographers – past and future. And although it failed to live up to my high expectations, this is a must-read on George H.W. Bush — 4 stars ( Full review here )
* “ George Bush: Life of a Lone Star Yankee ” (1997) by Herbert Parmet
Parmet was a long-time historian, professor and prolific author who died recently. His biography of Bush is not quite cradle-to-grave; it ends with the Bush presidency (leaving aside his retirement years and political legacy). But, otherwise, it is both comprehensive and thorough.
The best aspect of this biography is Parmet’s review of Bush’s early years. Nowhere have I seen better coverage of Bush 41’s ancestry, his military service, his congressional career, his service with the UN or the CIA. By comparison, Bush’s national political career is fine but not exceptional; pages devoted to President Bush’s response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait is particularly noteworthy, however.
What Jon Meacham does well in “Destiny and Power” tends to be in short supply here; Meachem sees the world from his subject’s perspective (but not from a distance) while Parmet observes events through a reporter’s eyes. To Parmet, things just happen ; understanding why is comparatively unimportant. For Meacham, understanding Bush’s mindset is of paramount importance; seeing things from an impartial third-party point of view is less critical.
In the end, Parmet’s and Meacham’s coverage of Bush’s life are surprisingly synergistic. But for Bush’s pre-presidency, Parmet’s coverage gets the nod — 3¾ stars ( Full review here )
Best Biography of George HW Bush: ***Too early to call***
Solid “One-Two” Punch: Parmet’s “George Bush” followed by Meacham’s “Destiny and Power”
Follow-up :
– “ George H. W. Bush: The American Presidents Series ” by Timothy Naftali
January 7, 2019 at 12:14 pm
Follow-up suggestion: 41: A Portrait of My Father by George W. Bush
January 7, 2019 at 12:19 pm
Thanks, great suggestion! For the moment I’m only including on my “follow-up” list biographies that veer toward history and away from memoirs / autobiography. But I do need to go back and read memoirs, autobiographies and books like this which provide a personal perspective inaccessible in traditional biographies.
January 7, 2019 at 12:25 pm
“When the World Seemed New” would be a good follow-up as well. It does cover his whole life, but the prime focus is Bush’s presidency, specifically his foreign policy and its impact on the world.
August 2, 2020 at 9:03 am
I agree “41” is a good follow-up, as offers a rare opportunity to read such a personal biography of one president written by another. It’s also a quick read, and Steve will can do it in one sitting. I also get that it is a bit of a memoir of W. himself. It can be put in it’s own sub-category of bios written by family members or close friends. I’ve just recently picked up Margaret Truman’s portrait of her father, after enjoying “41” so much.
January 7, 2019 at 10:50 pm
Steve, as one of the avid readers of your site, I can’t help but think that Bush I is one of those that I will probably have more choices than your’s by the time I get to certain presidents, due to my reading schedule (one bio per president, and four or five a year). I won’t hit Bush until 2026 and there are almost certain to be more bios of him by that time. Probably even a new Carter or two, not to mention Ford.
August 2, 2020 at 9:10 am
I like your pace, Teach! I am hopefully wrapping up my one-of-each this year, completing my journey that began in 2015. GHWB lived such a full, fascinating life, that it’s hard to imagine there won’t be some brilliant biographies to come. I’ve preordered Jonathan Alter’s new bio of Carter due out next month!
June 1, 2022 at 8:44 am
Suggestion to add to your follow-up list for POTUS 41: “The Man I Knew” by his post-presidency Chief of Staff, Jean Becker. It is one of my favorite president-related books I have ever read. My wife (who doesn’t read books often) and I both read it, and we both cried while reading certain portions of it. Not only is the book really informative (about POTUS 41, but also POTUS 43, 42 and 44), but it is quite inspirational. It made me long to have a man of that type of charcter in the White House again. It is more y about George H.W. Bush as a person than as a political figure, but it was an absolutely delightful read. One of my favorite books of any kind that I have read over the past decade.
February 5, 2024 at 11:36 pm
It might not be a traditional biography but how about What It Takes by Richard Ben Cramer? Focused on the 1988 election, but I think it goes pretty deeply into the backgrounds of the candidates including GHWB.
February 6, 2024 at 4:58 am
Great suggestion – I’ve never read this one and had almost forgotten about it until you mentioned it. Well…another post-it note with a good book idea going up on the wall… 🙂
Birthday: June 12 , 1924 ( Gemini )
Born In: Milton, Massachusetts, United States
George Herbert Walker was the former President of the United States, who was in the office from 1989 to 1993. He was born in Massachusetts into a political and affluent family. His father, Prescott Sheldon Bush, was a Senator from Connecticut and his mother, Dorothy Bush, hailed from a prominent family. George H.W. Bush joined the US Navy during the Second World War and after coming back he graduated from Yale University with a B.A. degree in economics. He rejected the offer of joining his father’s firm and instead shifted to Texas and worked as an oil field supplies salesman. Within a decade he became a millionaire and then entered politics. George H.W. Bush occupied a number of important positions during his political career. He was elected to the House of Representatives from the 7th District of Texas, was appointed as Ambassador to the United Nations, became the Director of Central Intelligence and served as the Vice President of United States during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. In 1988, he was elected as the Republican Party’s candidate for the office of U.S President. He defeated Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis and became the 41st President of the United States. Although he became quite popular as a President for his stand against international terrorism and for portraying a strong picture of the nation to the world, he lost the next election in 1993.
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Also Known As: George Herbert Walker Bush
Died At Age: 94
Spouse/Ex-: Barbara Bush
father: Prescott Bush
mother: Dorothy Walker Bush
siblings: Jonathan Bush, Nancy Walker Bush Ellis, Prescott Bush Jr., William H. T. Bush
children: Dorothy Bush Koch , George W. Bush , Jeb Bush , Marvin Bush, Neil Bush, Robin Bush
Born Country: United States
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Height: 6'2" (188 cm ), 6'2" Males
political ideology: Political party - Republican
Died on: November 30 , 2018
place of death: Houston, Texas, United States
Personality: ISTJ
Cause of Death: Parkinson's Disease
U.S. State: Massachusetts
Diseases & Disabilities: Parkinson's Disease
Founder/Co-Founder: Resolution Trust Corporation, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, North American Free Trade Agreement, HRG Group, Points of Light
education: Yale University
awards: 2011 - Presidential Medal of Freedom Air Medal
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There are countless books on George H. W. Bush, and it comes with good reason, after being elected America’s forty-first President , he brought to the White House a dedication to traditional American values and a determination to direct them toward making the United States “a kinder and gentler nation” in the face of a dramatically changing world.
“A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man’s heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree,” he remarked.
In order to get to the bottom of what inspired one of history’s most consequential figures to the height of political power, we’ve compiled a list of the 10 best books on George H. W. 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 study in the private quarters of the White House to Air Force One, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the first Gulf War to the end of Communism, Destiny and Power charts the thoughts, decisions, and emotions of a modern president who may have been the last of his kind. This is the human story of a man who was, like the nation he led, at once noble and flawed.
Forty-six men have served as President of the United States. Countless books have been written about them. But never before has a President told the story of his father, another President, through his own eyes and in his own words.
A unique and intimate biography, the book 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 President.
The book shines new light on both the accomplished statesman and the warm, decent man known best by his family. In addition, George W. Bush discusses his father’s influence on him throughout his own life, from his childhood in West Texas to his early campaign trips with his father, and from his decision to go into politics to his own two-term Presidency.
In this major reassessment of George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, his former Chief of Staff offers a long overdue appreciation of the man and his universally underrated and misunderstood presidency. Though George H. W. Bush is remembered for orchestrating one of the largest and most successful military campaigns in history – the Gulf War – Sununu argues that conventional wisdom misses many of Bush’s other great achievements.
During his presidency, the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union collapsed. Bush’s calm and capable leadership during this dramatic time helped shape a world in which the United States emerged as the lone superpower. Sununu reminds us that President Bush’s domestic achievements were equally impressive, including strengthening civil rights, enacting environmental protections, and securing passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the 1990 agreement which generated budget surpluses and a decade of economic growth.
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, 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.
As chief of staff, Jean Becker had a ringside seat to the never-boring story of George Herbert Walker Bush’s life post-presidency, including being at his side when he died and subsequently facing the challenge – and great honor – of being in charge of his state funeral. Full of heart and wisdom, The Man I Knew is a vibrant behind-the-scenes look into the ups and downs of heading up the office of a former president by one of the people who knew him best.
This book tells the story of how, after his devastating loss to Bill Clinton in 1992, President George H.W. Bush rebuilt his life, found a way to make a difference, and how, by the time he died in November 2018, was revered by his country and the world.
Bush’s post-presidency journey was filled with determination, courage, love, hope, humor, fun, and big ideas. He became best friends with the man who defeated him; developed the odd habit of jumping out of airplanes; and learned how to adjust to life in a wheelchair, after having lived most of his life as a high-energy athlete. He joyously saw two sons become governors of their states, one of whom would go on to become President of the United States.
“Who knew that beneath George Bush’s buttoned-up propriety pulsed the warm heart of a prolific and occasionally poetic writer with a wacky sense of humor?” ( People ) Though reticent in public, George Bush openly shared his private thoughts in correspondence throughout his life. This collection of letters, diary entries, and memos is the closest we’ll ever get to his autobiography.
Organized chronologically, readers will gain insights into Bush’s career highlights the oil business, his two terms in Congress, his ambassadorship to the UN, his service as an envoy to China, his tenure with the Central Intelligence Agency, and of course, the vice presidency, the presidency, and the post-presidency.
They will also observe a devoted husband, father, and American. Ranging from a love letter to Barbara and a letter to his mother about missing his daughter, Robin, after her death from leukemia to a letter to his children written just before the beginning of Desert Storm, this collection is remarkable for Bush’s candor, humor, and poignancy.
Ken Raynor – head professional at Cape Arundel Golf Club for thirty-eight years – tells the story of how the President befriended him during Bush’s annual summer sabbatical to seaside Kennebunkport, Maine. Raynor’s personal relationship with Bush led him to experience everything from fishing trips to the wilds of Newfoundland to countless outings on the golf course, including Bush’s last as commander-in-chief.
Along the way, Raynor assisted Bush, a WWII veteran, in welcoming world leaders, former presidents, celebrities, and PGA Tour stars to the quaint Cape Arundel Golf Club and saw the excitement in their eyes during the outings. But he most cherishes his time after the rounds, in the Bush family home on nearby Walker’s Point or in a tiny fishing boat, when the president would put his feet up, stare out at the Atlantic, and recount the days’ events.
In this gem among books on George H. W. Bush, Raynor reflects on the life lessons he gained from a friendship born outdoors that has continued to develop over decades, during golf outings that have ranged from Maine to Augusta National to the White House putting green, international fishing trips, retreats at Camp David, flying in Marine One, and many other unforgettable experiences. Raynor has likely played more rounds with a POTUS than any PGA professional in history.
The friendship between George H.W. Bush and James A. Baker, III began over fifty years ago on the tennis courts of the Houston Country Club when they found themselves paired as a doubles team, winning back-to-back championships in 1966 and 1967. While both men were admittedly weak servers, Bush was the net-and-volley guy, with Baker holding down the baseline with his groundstroke skills. That same approach of complementary skill sets and teamwork spilled over into their political careers for decades to come.
As Bush’s exploits are more commonly known, for those unaware, Baker served as undersecretary of commerce, secretary of the treasury, secretary of state, and White House chief of staff – twice, while also chairing or playing a lead role in five successive presidential elections for three different candidates from 1976 to 1992.
Texas Titans is a story about two of America’s most consequential statesmen of the past fifty years. Two men from opposite areas of the country who found friendship on the tennis courts at the Houston Country Club. Two men who helped transform a world during an era of immense challenges and change. Two men who became – and still are – Texas titans.
Within these pages, the former President and his national security advisor, Brent Scowcroft, provide a fascinating account of an administration faced with unprecedented obstacles and unrivaled opportunities as they forged a foreign policy at the end of the Cold War. Solidarity comes to power in Poland. East and West Germans dance on the wall that separated them for half a century. And on Christmas Day, 1991, the hammer-and-sickle flag descends from the Kremlin for the last time.
The forty-first president of the United States and the patriarch of America’s most powerful political dynasty never wrote a memoir. But bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Richard Ben Cramer took the full measure of President Bush in his thousand-page epic. The book traces how seminal moments in President Bush’s life formed his character and foretold his legacy. The result is a loving portrait that remains as fresh, relevant, and insightful as the day it was first published.
“To begin with I was in love and I am in love so that’s not hard,” Barbara Bush told her granddaughter Ellie LeBlond Sosa on her porch in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Sosa had asked for the secret to her and President George H. W. Bush’s 77-year love affair that withstood World War II separation, a leap of faith into the oil fields of West Texas, the painful loss of a child, a political climb to the highest office, and after the White House, the transition back to a “normal” life.
Through a lifetime’s worth of letters, photographs, and stories, Sosa and coauthor Kelly Anne Chase paint the portrait of the enduring relationship of George and Barbara Bush. Sharing intimate interviews with the Bushes and family friends, this is a never-before-seen look into the private life of a very public couple.
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The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is the tenth and final Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, honoring the 41st U.S. president and former naval aviator.
Summary and Top 4 Ideas You Need to Know: The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is the tenth and final Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, honoring the 41st U.S. president and former naval aviator.
-Equipped with advanced aircraft and defensive systems, this carrier supports various missions, including air support and strikes.
-Despite being a large target, its impressive speed and modern propulsion system make it formidable.
-Commissioned in 2009, it has already participated in significant operations, such as airstrikes against ISIS and NATO exercises, demonstrating its strategic value in modern warfare.
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the tenth and final vessel of its class . The naming of the ship was a poignant one, since former President George H.W. Bush was a naval aviator during the Second World War. Bush saw combat in the Pacific Theater, even getting shot down in combat and nearly captured.
Thus, the U.S. Navy was paying homage to the service and incredible life of the forty-first president.
CVN-77 comes equipped with a wide array of weapons and defensive systems designed to carry out its mission as a multirole aircraft carrier. Its primary offensive capabilities come from the aircraft it carries. These include a mix of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. According to her designs, the carrier can accommodate approximately 60 aircraft, including F/A-18E/F Super Hornets , EA-18G Growlers , E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes , C-2A Greyhounds , and MH-60S/R Seahawks .
In terms of defensive capabilities, USS George H.W. Bush is equipped with the RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile for short-range defense against cruise missiles and aircraft, and the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile for close-in defense against missiles and aircraft. This boat carries a potent Phalanx Close-In Weapon System for point defense against missiles and aircraft, along with the SLQ-32 electronic warfare system for detection, identification, and jamming of enemy radar and communications systems.
She carries a crew complement of approximately 5,000, including officers, enlisted sailors, and air wing personnel.
George H.W. Bush can reach a maximum speed of 30 knots, or 35 miles per hour, when fully loaded. While those of us who are skeptical about the efficacy of the Navy’s aircraft carriers in the age of advanced anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) defensive systems point out that these boats are giant targets, proponents of flattops point to the cruising speed of these boats. And, for a system this big, it is true that reaching up to 35 miles per hour, while it might sound slow, is actually an incredible engineering feat.
CVN-77 displaces approximately 102,000 tons when fully loaded. In other words, the Navy shouldn’t need a bigger boat. However, the Pentagon is investing in the even bigger Gerald R. Ford class of carriers.
As an interesting aside, USS George H.W. Bush was the first U.S. aircraft carrier to feature a new, more efficient propulsion system that uses a single shaft rather than two. By doing this, engineers helped to reduce the warship’s overall weight and improve its maneuverability. These changes went on to greatly inform the design and development of the aforementioned Ford-class carrier.
USS George H.W. Bush was commissioned in January 2009. The ship was built by Northrop Grumman in Newport News, Virginia. Construction on the great ship began in 2001, at the start of the presidency of George H.W. Bush’s son, George W. Bush. It was completed in 2008, fittingly at the end of the younger Bush’s time in office.
Although the Navy intends to gradually replace its aging Nimitz-class aircraft carrier fleet with the newer (and controversial) Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, George H.W. Bush has many years of life left in it. Having only started its career in 2009, if the Navy maintains the ship properly (a big “if,” considering America’s failing shipyards), this boat could continue to serve until the middle of the century.
Despite being a relatively new warship, and perhaps as a sign of the troubled times in which we live, USS George H.W. Bush has participated in multiple important operations and exercises since it was first deployed in 2009.
In 2011, CVN-77 provided air support for ground troops fighting in Afghanistan. From 2014-15, this boat launched airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria. In 2018, during Exercise Trident Juncture , a NATO exercise out of Norway, the warship demonstrated its ability to operate in cold weather environments – a clear signal to the increasingly belligerent Russians that the U.S. and NATO would deter Russian naval ambitions in the northern hemisphere.
USS George H.W. Bush is a potent weapons platform with considerable capabilities. Despite its power, it remains to be seen whether any U.S. carrier can survive the kind of A2/AD capabilities that rivals such as China can bring to bear against these expensive and complex platforms.
Brandon J. Weichert , a National Interest national security analyst , is a former Congressional staffer and geopolitical analyst who is a contributor at The Washington Times, the Asia Times, and The-Pipeline. He is the author of Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower, Biohacked: China’s Race to Control Life, and The Shadow War: Iran’s Quest for Supremacy. His next book, A Disaster of Our Own Making: How the West Lost Ukraine, is due October 22 from Encounter Books. Weichert can be followed via Twitter @WeTheBrandon .
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The first carrier-based drone control center in the world has been fitted onboard USS George HW Bush or CVN 77.
The air vehicle pilots will handle the Mq 25 Stingray unmanned air refuelers from the UAWC or the Unmanned Air Warfare Center.
The control center will have software and hardware that make up the first fully integrated and functional UMCS needed for an aircraft’s command and control functions.
There are plans to add the UAWC on all the US Navy’s Nimitz and Ford-class nuclear aircraft carriers.
Unmanned Carrier Aviation Program Manager Capt. Daniel Fucito mentioned that this new control center will lay a foundation of how the Navy will control and operate unmanned aircraft and other unmanned equipment including vehicles with the Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System.
The UMCS system has MD-5E Ground Control Station, CVN and shore site infrastructure, ancillary equipment, and integration with command, communications, computers, control and intelligence systems, per the Navy.
The MD-5 E is powered by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works Multi Domain Combat System.
The center is a result of many years of hard work and coordination among multiple departments and across several ship availability periods and deployment schedule.
The first at-sea trial of UAWC’s operational network will be held in the first half of 2025. It will be with the help of a simulated GCS onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln or CVN 72.
This would be the first occasion when air vehicle pilots from unmanned carrier-launched multi-role squadron 10 would operate the MD-5 from an aircraft carrier, mentioned Joe Nedeau of the Unmanned Carrier Aviation Program Office.
They would utilise a GCS hardware and software onboard CVN 77 to communicate with a simulated air vehicle in the laboratory in the Pax River.
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