A World Transformed - Hardcover
In collaboration with his National Security Advisor, the former president offers a behind-the-scenes account of his tumultuous administration, chronicling such events as German reunification, Tiananmen Square, the Gulf War, and the collapse of the Soviet Union. 100,000 first printing. First serial, Time.
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"In a strong new book, the ex-president recalls dangerous days...It should leave little doubt how lucky we were that we had such a seasoned hand on the tiller at a time when foreign policy really counted."
--Michael R. Beschloss, Newsweek "Among the finest expositions of modern American foreign policy since the time of Harry
Truman...An excellent book...unique in form...[dealing with] potentially explosive crises. Any one of them, if badly managed, could have precipitated a third world war in a nuclear setting."
--Eugene V. Rostow, Wall Street Journal "It reveals a wealth of detail about the main lines of U.S. foreign policy at the highest level during a most portentous period of our history...There is much high drama here [and] plenty even for experts to learn."
--Adam Garfinkle, Philadelphia Inquirer "A memorable memoir...A compelling look at some very important historical developments...Remarkably candid as well as occasionally self-critical...Supplemented with a series of revealing and heretofore unpublished excerpts from Bush's White House diaries."
--Richard S. Dunham, Business Week "The most important book yet written about the end of the Cold War...Remarkably frank, intelligent and also readable, indeed at times gripping."
--Fareed Zakaria, New York Times Book Review From the Hardcover edition.
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--Michael R. Beschloss, Newsweek "Among the finest expositions of modern American foreign policy since the time of Harry
Truman...An excellent book...unique in form...[dealing with] potentially explosive crises. Any one of them, if badly managed, could have precipitated a third world war in a nuclear setting."
--Eugene V. Rostow, Wall Street Journal "It reveals a wealth of detail about the main lines of U.S. foreign policy at the highest level during a most portentous period of our history...There is much high drama here [and] plenty even for experts to learn."
--Adam Garfinkle, Philadelphia Inquirer "A memorable memoir...A compelling look at some very important historical developments...Remarkably candid as well as occasionally self-critical...Supplemented with a series of revealing and heretofore unpublished excerpts from Bush's White House diaries."
--Richard S. Dunham, Business Week "The most important book yet written about the end of the Cold War...Remarkably frank, intelligent and also readable, indeed at times gripping."
--Fareed Zakaria, New York Times Book Review From the Hardcover edition.
George Bush was President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. He lives in Houston, Texas, and Kennebunkport, Maine.
Brent Scowcroft was National Security Advisor under Presidents Ford and Bush. He is president of The Scowcroft Group, Inc., an international consulting firm, and president of the Forum for International Policy, a nonprofit foreign policy foundation, both based in Washington, D.C. He lives in Maryland.
Brent Scowcroft was National Security Advisor under Presidents Ford and Bush. He is president of The Scowcroft Group, Inc., an international consulting firm, and president of the Forum for International Policy, a nonprofit foreign policy foundation, both based in Washington, D.C. He lives in Maryland.
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- PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0679432485
- ISBN 13 9780679432487
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages587
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