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1. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2016/07/04“Bush,” by Jean Edward Smith | The New Yorker

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   Jun 27, 2016 · Books. How Bad Can a President Be? A new biography exposes the mysterious confidence behind George W. Bush’s greatest failures. By Thomas Mallon. June 27, 2016. Jean Edward Smith’s biography...

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2. www.nytimes.com › 2016/07/24 › booksA New Biography Says George W. Bush Really Was the Decider

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   Jul 18, 2016 · Out of the spotlight, he busied himself painting oil portraits of family pets and world leaders; when he did dip his toe into political waters, it was for laudable and uncontroversial causes like...

3. www.nytimes.com › 2016/07/04 › booksReview: ‘Bush,’ a Biography as Scathing Indictment

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   Jul 3, 2016 · With “Bush” he sticks to the original conventional assessment, presenting a shoot-from-the-hip Texan driven by religiosity and immune to the advice of people who knew what they were talking about.

4. bestpresidentialbios.com › 2019/02/02 › the-bestThe Best Biographies of George W. Bush

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   Feb 2, 2019 · “Days of Fire” is essentially an “as it happened” history – a behind-the-scenes review of the Bush administration. For better, and occasionally for worse, it often resembles a transcript with stretches of dialogue held together with narrative glue.

5. www.nytimes.com › 2014/12/28 › booksGeorge W. Bush’s ‘41: A Portrait of My Father’

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   Nov 19, 2014 · The book takes readers through the familiar touchstones of an extraordinary life — the youngest Navy pilot for a time in World War II, shot down over the Pacific; the transplanted Texas-by-way ...

6. bookmarks.reviews › reviews › bushBook Marks reviews of Bush by Jean Edward Smith

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   Jul 5, 2016 · Bush by Jean Edward Smith has an overall rating of Positive based on 13 book reviews.

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   What is 'Bush' based on?

   • With “Bush” he sticks to the original conventional assessment, presenting a shoot-from-the-hip Texan driven by religiosity and immune to the advice of people who knew what they were talking about.

   Review: ‘Bush,’ a Biography as Scathing Indictment

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   Will 'Bush' be cured of Political Amnesia?

   • The new biography 'Bush' by presidential historian Jean Edward Smith will surely cure readers of any political amnesia regarding George W. Bush. Smith, who has written biographies of Ulysses S. Grant, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Dwight Eisenhower, is unsparing in his verdict on our 43rd president.

   A New Biography Says George W. Bush Really Was the Decider

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   Was Bush the one making the final decisions?

   • Although Bush has often been portrayed as being controlled by others like Dick Cheney or Karl Rove, Smith argues that in the Bush administration, Bush was the ultimate authority, or as he saw himself, "the decider".

   A New Biography Says George W. Bush Really Was the Decider

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   Was Bush the ultimate decision-maker in Iraq?

   • Bush was the ultimate authority in the Iraq decision-making process in the Bush administration, according to Smith's new biography. Although Bush has often been portrayed as a puppet of Dick Cheney or Karl Rove or some other offstage figure, Smith argues otherwise.

   A New Biography Says George W. Bush Really Was the Decider

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   How did Bush save the economy?

   • Mr. Smith credits Mr. Bush for saving the economy through his bold and counterintuitive intervention after the financial crash of 2008.

   Review: ‘Bush,’ a Biography as Scathing Indictment

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   Did Bush really have a 'Iron Triangle'?

   • Smith quotes Karen Hughes, one of the “Iron Triangle” of aides Bush brought with him from Texas to the White House in 2001: “He felt really strongly that it was his sheer force of will that was holding the line between winning and losing the war.

   “Bush,” by Jean Edward Smith | The New Yorker

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8. www.kirkusreviews.com › book-reviews › jean-edwardBUSH - Kirkus Reviews

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   Jul 5, 2016 · BUSH. by Jean Edward Smith ‧RELEASE DATE: July 5, 2016. A relentlessly hard-hitting assessment of a president who was a “decider” but “did not wrestle with the details of policy.”. bookshelf. shop now. Biography of George W. Bush (b. 1946), concentrating on the eight years of his presidency.