Introduction to the Presidency of George H. W. Bush

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George H W Bush President statecraft James A Baker Bush 41 Team Dan Quayle John H. Sununu James Baker John Sununu Brent Scowcroft Robert Gates Dick Cheney Colin Powell Gang of Eight Berlin Wall Cold War NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization Republican Party Soviet Union Ronald Reagan nuclear weapons Mikhail Gorbachev Eduard Shevardnadze Foreign Policy Team Condoleezza Rice Malta Summit Panama Invasion German Unification Poland Solidarity Gulf War Desert Storm USSR New World Order NWO foreign policy

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History-Social Science

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Introduction to the Presidency of George H. W. Bush

Learn about the Cold War and relations between the United States and the Soviet Union when George H. W. Bush became president in 1989. Discover more about President Bush’s life before he became president. As a fighter pilot in World War II to a congressman to CIA director to vice president, Bush had a varied political career before he was inaugurated as the 41st US president. This resource is part of the Statecraft: The Bush 41 Team collection.

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PBS Learning Media