Robert A. Strong is William Lyne Wilson professor of politics at Washington and Lee University.

With literary flare and scholarly precision, Robert Strong sheds light on how President George Bush's character--his loyalty, compassion, audacity, and other traits--shaped his approach to the important foreign policy decisions of his administration. A particular virtue of Strong's approach is the use he makes of the Miller Center's extensive oral history interviews of leading administration figures who knew the president well and saw him up close.

• Chapter One – Loyalty: The John Tower Confirmation BattleChapter Two - Reticence: Deciding What to Say, and Not to Say, at the End of the Cold WarChapter Three - A Gentleman’s Outrage: The Tipping Point in the Decision to Invade PanamaChapter Four – Insight: German Unification Anchored in the NATO AllianceChapter Five – Audacity: Doubling Down on Desert ShieldChapter Six – Compassion: The American Military Intervention in Somalia

Robert A. Strong is William Lyne Wilson professor of politics at Washington and Lee University.

With literary flare and scholarly precision, Robert Strong sheds light on how President George Bush's character--his loyalty, compassion, audacity, and other traits--shaped his approach to the important foreign policy decisions of his administration. A particular virtue of Strong's approach is the use he makes of the Miller Center's extensive oral history interviews of leading administration figures who knew the president well and saw him up close.

• Chapter One – Loyalty: The John Tower Confirmation BattleChapter Two - Reticence: Deciding What to Say, and Not to Say, at the End of the Cold WarChapter Three - A Gentleman’s Outrage: The Tipping Point in the Decision to Invade PanamaChapter Four – Insight: German Unification Anchored in the NATO AllianceChapter Five – Audacity: Doubling Down on Desert ShieldChapter Six – Compassion: The American Military Intervention in Somalia

Robert A. Strong is William Lyne Wilson professor of politics at Washington and Lee University.

With literary flare and scholarly precision, Robert Strong sheds light on how President George Bush's character--his loyalty, compassion, audacity, and other traits--shaped his approach to the important foreign policy decisions of his administration. A particular virtue of Strong's approach is the use he makes of the Miller Center's extensive oral history interviews of leading administration figures who knew the president well and saw him up close.

• Chapter One – Loyalty: The John Tower Confirmation BattleChapter Two - Reticence: Deciding What to Say, and Not to Say, at the End of the Cold WarChapter Three - A Gentleman’s Outrage: The Tipping Point in the Decision to Invade PanamaChapter Four – Insight: German Unification Anchored in the NATO AllianceChapter Five – Audacity: Doubling Down on Desert ShieldChapter Six – Compassion: The American Military Intervention in Somalia