Ideologies / Conservative / George H. W. Bush
§ The minds · 1924–2018 · United States · President
George H. W. Bush
Prudent internationalist
Steady hands at the Cold War's end.
Economic+54
SocialistMarket
Governance+22
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−28
TraditionalProgressive
The one-term president whose cautious statecraft managed the fall of the Soviet bloc and assembled a broad coalition in the Gulf War.
social
Moderate traditionalist of the patrician Republican establishment.
economic
Pro-market but willing to raise taxes for fiscal order ('read my lips').
governance
Institutionalist who prized alliances, diplomacy and restraint.
Notable for
- Managed the Cold War's peaceful end
- Gulf War coalition
- Americans with Disabilities Act
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