George Bush
Subtitle: the Life of a Lone Star Yankee
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9781351310604
Subjects: Diaries; Presidents; Biography; Politics and government
Description: "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."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter One Down East  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Two Poppy as Preppy  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Three Poppy at War  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Four In Search of Black Gold  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Five On the Permian Basin  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Six Harris County  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Seven The Bush Circle  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Eight "Labels Are for Cans"  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Nine "Rubbers"  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Ten Good-bye to Texas  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Eleven Nixon and China  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Twelve "Head Spook"  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Thirteen The Man in the Brooks Brothers Suit  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Fourteen The Rise of the Lone Star Yankee  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Fifteen The Haunting of the Vice Presidency  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Sixteen Casey's Kind of Guy  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Seventeen "With a Wink and a Nod"  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Eighteen "A Flag Too Far"  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Nineteen "Reagan Doesn't Work Here Anymore"  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Twenty "It's Six P.M. and We Don't Know Where Noriega Is"  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Twenty-One "Kind of Drifting"  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Twenty-Two "Give Me the Strength to Do What Is Right"  -- Herbert S. Parmet; title: chapter Twenty-Three "With High Fidelity" -- Herbert S. Parmet.