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When the World Seemed New
- George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War
- Auteur(s): Jeffrey A. Engel
- Narrateur(s): Bob Souer
- Durée: 20 h et 7 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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 US president faced such opportunities and challenges. As the presidential historian Jeffrey Engel reveals in this hard-to-pause history, behind closed doors, George H. W. Bush rose to the occasion brilliantly.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Great History of the End of the Cold War
- Écrit par Drew le 2017-12-11
- When the World Seemed New
- George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War
- Auteur(s): Jeffrey A. Engel
- Narrateur(s): Bob Souer
A Great History of the End of the Cold War
Évalué le: 2017-12-11
I saw this book on an advertisement on the Foreign Affairs magazine website and was interested in learning about how Bush Sr. handled the epic events of the late 80's and early 90's. However, this book is much more focused on the events themselves and America's reaction to them more broadly than Bush himself. He's not much more prominent than his other senior administration officials at any given point in the book. Despite that, which may disappoint some, the book is still a great perspective on how the American government under Bush Sr. reacted to Gorbachev, the reform revolutions in Eastern Europe and Tienanmen Square.
The Performance is great until around chapter 5 where I don't know what happened but the reader gets much more monotone and his breathing much more noticeable. It's still serviceable however, and is never too bad that you lose attention.
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