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George H.W. Bush: The Stunning Highs and Lows of America's Last Pre-Modern President

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Source/Further reading:

Miller Center, in-depth biography: https://millercenter.org/president/bush/life-before-the-presidency

Biography from the George HW Bush library center: https://www.bush41.org/bush/biography

Britannica biography: https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-H-W-Bush

Guardian obituary: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/dec/01/george-hw-bush-obituary

Bush as WWII pilot: https://www.history.com/news/george-hw-bush-wwii-airman

Newsweek, the air crash that nearly killed President Bush: https://www.newsweek.com/george-hw-bush-narrowly-avoided-eaten-cannibals-74-years-death-1243761

NPR, Bush and Iran-Contra: https://www.npr.org/2018/12/06/674079779/george-h-w-bushs-mixed-legacy-in-a-reagan-era-scandal

Tiananmen Square: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42465516

Invasion of Panama: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-u-s-invades-panama

Gulf War: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iraq-invades-kuwait

Betrayal of the Kurds: https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-35967389

How Americans believe their most-recent presidents were illegitimate: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/01/20/americans-have-seen-the-last-four-presidents-as-illegitimate-heres-why/

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