Marching in Place: The Status Quo Presidency of George Bush

by Dan Goodgame and Michael Duffy

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671737201
• ISBN13: 9780671737207
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"

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This could have been called the tail of two authors / Presidents. The book covers the Presidency of George Bush Sr. and similar to the Administration, the book has two faces. To me it seams that the foreign affaires sections of the book held the better writing style and most of the excitement or accomplishments. The domestic affaires section writing was just a bit less interesting; it lacked a certain spark that a good political book has. Given these two slightly different styles I would assume that the authors spilt up the duties and one wrote the domestic section, the other the foreign affaires section. One could also draw an interesting parallel with the actual Bush administration as they did a good job on everything outside the U.S. With this said, the authors take a critical look at the Bush years and they do not give it high marks outside of the Gulf War. The book is actually quite negative toward the Bush Administration, but in line with the current historical view of his presidency.I also found it interesting, reading the book, on how many similarities there seem to be with Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. I can only assume that as time goes on a few books with come out with a detailed analysis of the father son team to compare and contrast the two administrations. If you are interested in that kind of thing this book would give you a good look at the job the father did. Overall, I found the book for the most part far and accurate in my opinion. If you are a big fan of Bush Sr. then this book will leave you a bit upset as the authors take a very critical look. It did drag at times and was not the exciting insider's tail that tends to make for the most interesting of political administration overviews. It did offer a very good record of what took place during the administration.