Bøger af George W. Bush

Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America's 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life. In gripping, never-before-heard detail, President George W. Bush brings readers inside the Texas Governor's Mansion on the night of the hotly contested 2000 election; aboard Air Force One on September 11, in the hours after America's most devastating attack since Pearl Harbour; at the head of the table in the Situation Room in the moments before launching the war in Iraq; and behind the Oval Office desk for his historic and controversial decisions on the financial crisis, Hurricane Katrina, Afghanistan, Iran, and other issues that have shaped the first decade of the 21st century. President Bush writes honestly and directly about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments reforming education, treating HIV/AIDS in Africa, and safeguarding the country amid chilling warnings of additional terrorist attacks. He also offers intimate new details on his decision to quit drinking, discovery of faith, and relationship with his family. A groundbreaking new brand of memoir, Decision Points will captivate supporters, surprise critics, and change perspectives on one of the most consequential eras in American history - and the man at the centre of events.

Forty-three men have served as President of the United States. Countless books have been written about them. But never before has a President told the story of his father, another President, through his own eyes and in his own words. A unique and intimate biography, the book covers the entire scope of the elder President Bush s life and career, including his service in the Pacific during World War II, his pioneering work in the Texas oil business, and his political rise as a Congressman, U.S. Representative to China and the United Nations, CIA Director, Vice President, and President. The book shines new light on both the accomplished statesman and the warm, decent man known best by his family. In addition, George W. Bush discusses his father s influence on him throughout his own life, from his childhood in West Texas to his early campaign trips with his father, and from his decision to go into politics to his own two-term Presidency.

Når verdens mægtigste mand tiltræder sit embede, er det tradition, at han i en tale til det amerikanske folk udtrykker sine politiske visioner og sætter dagsordenen for de følgende fire år.Det er her Franklin D. Roosevelt under depressionen forsøger at imødegå finansiel panik med ordene: “Det eneste, vi har at frygte, er frygten selv”, og det er her, John F. Kennedy opfordrer sine landsmæd til at gøre en ekstra indsats under den kolde krig med ordene: “Spørg ikke, hvad dit land kan gøre for dig – spørg, hvad du kan gøre for dit land”.Denne bog samler alle den nyere tids tiltrædelsestaler og lægger dermed et unikt snit gennem Amerikas historie fra depressionen og frem og giver et indblik i, hvad der valgperiode for valgperiode har optaget befolkningen og den politiske scene.Bogen indeholder taler af:Franklin D. RooseveltHarry S. TrumanDwight D. EisenhowerJohn F. KennedyLyndon B. JohnsonRichard M. NixonJames E. CarterRonald W. ReaganGeorge H.W. BushWilliam J. ClintonGeorge W. BushBarack H. Obama