Destiny and Power
The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
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Destiny and Power
Narrated by:
Paul Michael
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Jon Meacham
About this listen
“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.
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Would you listen to Destiny and Power again? Why?
yes Meacham has written a brilliant book that is both highly informative and easy to listen to.Who was your favorite character and why?
George H.W Bush, he emerges as a far more interesting and complicated man than his public image would suggest.Have you listened to any of Paul Michael’s other performances? How does this one compare?
The narration is excellent, very impressed with the reading.If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Ambition, Power and tragedyAny additional comments?
This is a book I was really looking forward too and it did not disappoint. Well written and full of wonderful insights. BrilliantA wonderful biography of an underrated president
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Great book. Recommended
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An outstanding biography.
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