i think jeff might take bush's character unvivid. the pocket of several of key's advisors. as far as i can tell, the cia, state department, state department. my understanding is bush was a strong believer of the reports by the intelligence committee. in the pages i read bush relies on his own feelings in pursuing economic policies. 9j9f with the mere absence of the american people either as actored in his own right or subjects of president bush's concerns is striking. he clearly was not president clinton who was energized in interacting with americans of all kinds. i do wonder what the patrician president made of his duties to the demos. he was charged of leading throughout the turmoil of the late 80s and 90s. finally i want to comment on what jeff calls international history. he spends a great number of pages not just writing about bush but how the per alittle nations of other states approach the cold war. a main reason the manuscript has different pages was that jeff gives his leaders long narratives of how the end of the cold war appeared to those nations and why their m