George H. W. Bush: The American Presidents Series: The 41st President, 1989-1993
by Timothy Naftali, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
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Author: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Timothy NaftaliEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-12-10
ISBN: 0805069666
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Times Books
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Book Review: Interesting but not very insightful
Summary: 3 Stars
I have to say that I found Timothy Naftali's work to be interesting. He did provide a broad brush overview of Bush 41 but did not really give us any insights that couldn't be gleaned from other people's memoir's. It would seem to me that he read what Bob Woodward, Colin Powell, Norman Schwartzcroft and company had to say and simply gleaned off his own interpretation. Granted I don't think the books in this series are supposed to be of tremendous relevance for the more recent presidents, but I certainly hope that for future generations they can provide details on the lesser known ones.
I think this is an interesting and very light read but it does tend in my opinion to reinforce the notion that George H.W. Bush was as much an observer of history than a participant. He was the guy who just happened to be sitting in the Oval Office when this stuff happened and his presence really didn't have that much to do with the rapid changes in the world at the time and quite the opposite, he nearly prevented them from happening. Anyway it's an interesting afternoon read, but don't expect to come away very impressed with Bush 41.
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