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George Bush was a throwback to another era. A patrician figure not known for his eloquence, Bush readily dismissed ideology as "the vision thing." Yet, as Timothy Naftali argues, there is no individual of his generation better prepared for the challenges facing america as the Cold War ended. Bush wisely shepherded Soviet reformers through the liberalization with their system and skillfully orchestrated the reunification of Germany. And following a Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, he united the global community to defeat Saddam Hussein. At home, Bush reasserted the principle of fiscal discipline following the excesses of the Reagan years.
It was finally his political awkwardness that cost George Bush a second term. His toughest decisions widened fractures in the Republican Party, and along with his party divided, Bush lost his bid for reelection in 1992. In a final irony, the conservatives who scorned him would return to power eight years later, under his son and namesake, with the effect that the elder George Bush would see his reputation soar.
