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Destiny and power : the American odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush / Jon Meacham.

Summary:

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 portrays an intensely private man who led the nation through tumultuous times. With access not only to the Bush diaries but, through extensive interviews, to the former president himself, Meacham presents Bush's candid assessments of many of the critical figures of the age, ranging from Richard Nixon to Nancy Reagan; Mao to Mikhail Gorbachev; Dick Cheney to Donald Rumsfeld; Henry Kissinger to Bill Clinton.

Record details

ISBN: 9781400067657
Physical Description: xxiv, 836 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 787-806) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	A vanished universe: Beginnings to 1942 -- War and marriage: 1942 to 1948 -- Texas and tragedy: 1948 to 1966 -- The wars of Washington: 1966 to 1977 -- The age of Reagan: 1977 to 1989 -- The awesome responsibility: 1989 to 1993 -- In the twilight: 1993 to 2016.