George Herbert Walker Bush was born into a wealthy family in Milton, Massachusetts on June 12, 1924. He had a happy childhood and went on to marry Barbara, his high school sweetheart. After high school he enrolled in the Navy to fight in WWII. After the war he attended Yale University, which led him to Texas where he became an oil tycoon and later a U.S. Congressmen. He became ambassador to the U.N. and also to China before becoming the C.I.A. director. These experiences propelled him to become the Vice President under Ronald Reagan and then later, become the 41st President of the United States defeating Michael Dukakis. Bush, through his efficacious negative campaign ads, successfully beat the favorite in the presidential election of 1988. Bush's strengths were his skills as a crisis manager and administrator and at times his ability to be a legislative and political...