Destiny and Power - Jon Meacham

Destiny and Power

By Jon Meacham

  • Release Date: 2015-11-10
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Score: 4
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From 139 Ratings

Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “illuminating” (USA Today) biography, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham chronicles the life of George Herbert Walker Bush.

Destiny and Power reflects the qualities of both subject and biographer: judicious, balanced, deliberative, with a deep appreciation of history and the personalities who shape it.”—The New York Times Book Review

ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, Time, NPR, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Drawing on President Bush’s personal diaries, on the diaries of his wife, Barbara, and on extraordinary access to the forty-first president and his family, Meacham paints an intimate and surprising portrait of an intensely private man who led the nation through tumultuous times. From the Oval Office to Camp David, from his study in the private quarters of the White House to Air Force One, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the first Gulf War to the end of Communism, Destiny and Power charts the thoughts, decisions, and emotions of a modern president who may have been the last of his kind. This is the human story of a man who was, like the nation he led, at once noble and flawed.

From the Pacific to the presidency, Destiny and Power charts the vicissitudes of the life of this quietly compelling American original. Meacham sheds new light on the rise of the right wing in the Republican Party, a shift that signaled the beginning of the end of the center in American politics. Destiny and Power is an affecting portrait of a man who, driven by destiny and by duty, forever sought, ultimately, to put the country first.

Reviews

  • Great Read

    5
    By JoshKnell
    A great, unbiased account of 41's life. Shows how his true character was always a constant factor in his public/private life.
  • Propaganda

    1
    By snookie1
    More propoganda directed by the Bush family written by a bizarre “historian”.
  • Outstanding

    5
    By Dick311
    A great read. Probably did not appreciate his true character until I read this book.
  • You Have To Be ...

    1
    By INFJ-male
    How can you even consider this cost for a digital book. $18.00! And no COLA for Medicare Recipients. If GHWB agreed with this price...I've lost some respect. I dare you to not post this review. Greed is a dangerous goal. Even if you do post this...I will watch for your retaliation. If you do post and maintain this ridiculously price, I will continue to slip my opinion in one day and time of my choice. Be realistic ... How about 12.95?????