A World Transformed

by BUSH, GEORGE H. W.SCOWCROFT, BRENT

• ISBN13: 9780679752592
• ISBN10: 0679752595
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1999-09-07
• Publisher: Vintage

Summary

"The most important book yet written about the end of the Cold War." -The New York Tmes Book Review "Among the finest expositions of modern American foreign policy. . . . An excellent book." -Eugene V. Rostow,The Wall Street Journal It was a pivotal administration in the history of American foreign policy--for during George Bush's presidency a series of international events took place that had a profound impact on the course of America and on the future of world diplomacy. InA World Transformed, Mr. Bush and his national security advisor, Brent Scowcroft, provide a fascinating account of a president and an administration faced with unprecedented obstacles and unrivaled opportunities as they forged a foreign policy at the end of the Cold War. Solidarity comes to power in Poland. East and West Germans dance on the wall that separated them for half a century. And on Christmas Day, 1991, the hammer-and-sickle flag descends from the Kremlin for the last time. It is also a candid analysis of a new chapter in foreign affairs, when the United States led an international alliance to confront the threat presented by Saddam Hussein and presented a dynamic response to the Tiananmen crisis. Balanced and intelligent,A World Transformedoffers a landmark treatise on American foreign policy and international diplomacy from two of its principal architects. "Reveals not only a wealth of detail about the main lines of foreign policy at the highest level during a most portentous period of our history, but also of the truly admirable characters of the men who made it." -The Philadelphia Inquirer "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

Author Biography

George Bush was President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. He lives in Houston, Texas, and Kennebunkport, Maine. <br><br>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.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Past and Prologue	p. 3
From Theory to Practice	p. 29
Leading the Alliance	p. 57
Untying a Knot	p. 86
Radishes	p. 112
Hope and Revolution	p. 132
Ends and Beginnings	p. 152
A German Question	p. 182
A Careful Dance	p. 205
Toward Common Ground	p. 230
The Face of a New Europe	p. 259
Summit and Solutions	p. 279
This Will Not Stand	p. 302
Shield and Sword	p. 334
A Delicate Balance	p. 357
Holding the Course	p. 388
Through a Cacophony	p. 416
Desert Storm	p. 450
After the Storm	p. 488
A House Divides	p. 493
Coup	p. 518
Withering into History	p. 536
Postscript	p. 563
Index	p. 567
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