Based on unprecedented access to previously classified documents and
dozens of interviews with key policymakers, here is the untold story of
how George H. W. Bush faced a critical turning point of history—the end
of the Cold War.
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.
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