George HW Bush and the End of the Cold War: Crash Course US History #44
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You can directly support Crash Course at https://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing this content. In which John Green teaches you about the end of the Cold War and the presidency of George H.W. Bush. It was neither the best of times, nor the worst of times. On the domestic front, the first president Bush inherited the relative prosperity of the later Reagan years, and watched that prosperity evaporate. That was about all the interest Bush 41 had, domestically, so let's move to foreign policy, which was a bigger deal at this time. The biggie was the end of the Cold War, which is the title of the video, so you know it's important. The collapse of the Soviet Union was the biggest deal of Bush's term, and history has assigned the credit to Ronald Reagan. We give the guy a break, and say that he helped. He was certainly expert in foreign policy, having been and envoy to China, ambassador to the United Nations, and head of the CIA. Bush also oversaw the first Gulf War, which was something of a success, in that the primary mission was accomplished, and the vast majority of the troops were home in short order. It didn't do much to address some of the other problems in the region, but we'll get to that in the next few weeks. Along with all this, you'll learn about Bush's actions, or lack thereof, in Somalia and the Balkans, and you'll even be given an opportunity to read Bush's lips. Thanks to Michael Williams at http://www.mylifeinplastic.com for the Barbies. Crash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. Follow us! http://www.twitter.com/thecrashcourse http://www.twitter.com/realjohngreen http://www.twitter.com/crashcoursestan http://www.twitter.com/raoulmeyer http://www.twitter.com/thoughtbubbler http://www.twitter.com/patreon
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John I think a more correct term would be the "Modern Era" of going negative in political campaigns. Campaigns have always been pretty slanderous, especially in the 19th Century.
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Um, so in helping other countries not elect commines and in helping stop the russians, the people they helped turned on america? and,America rebuilt Europe and Japan after WW2? thats a shocker.
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Texas still has Democrats. They're all homeless in Austin.
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congrats to u r baby daughter.
your videos are very educational and easy to understand -
Did no one else see that triangle 4:56
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Wow, things were really weird back in first Bush era, I mean policemen being photographed abusing black people and getting away from it, gee, I would hate if that were to happen today.
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I'm pretty liberal. But I come from a military family and we live us some Stormin Norman. What a badass.
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Shrub #2 could learn a lot from his dad.
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Who the eff is Hank?
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Love these videos!
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You're from Alabama? Cool.
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So John Green from the past is supposed to be 17ish year old John Green (as of jan 16, 2014)?
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graet
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Texas and Democrats.... you're kidding, right? This was published half a year after Wendy Davis held her famous filibuster session in the Texas Senate... Actually at least on local scale Democrats are said to be on the rise in many of the metropolitan areas... not so much in rural Texas, but in Austin, Houston and Co they have quite an electorate...
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"More careers than Barbie" :)
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I want to make love to John.
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I firmly believe that George H.W. Bush was the best President since Eisenhower left office. Was he perfect, no, but he was pretty damn good!
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Brainless the first
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At least he didn't cause 9/11...
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