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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface xiii
5. George H. W. Bush’s Road to the White House xvii
6. Introduction: History and George Bush 1
7. Part I. American Conservatism
8. 1. George Bush: Texan, Conservative 27
9. 2. George Bush and American Conservatism 48
10. Part II. WAR AND STATECRAFT
11. 3. Organizing Security: How the Bush Presidency Made Decisions on War and Peace 81
12. 4. When George Bush Believed the Cold War Ended and Why That Mattered 100
13. 5. Character and Consequence: The John Tower Confirmation Battle 122
14. Part III. DOMESTIC POLITICS AND POLICY
15. 6. The Offered Hand and the Veto Fist: George Bush, Congress, and Domestic Policy Making 143
16. 7. From Oral History to Oral Argument: George Bush’s Supreme Court Appointments 167
17. Conclusion: Navigating the Crosswinds of Modern Politics and Policy 185
18. Appendix 1: Interviewees for the George H. W. Bush Oral History Project 213
19. Appendix 2: Interviewers for the George H. W. Bush Oral History Project 215
20. Notes 217
21. List of Contributors 247
22. Index 249