Texas Titans

George H. W. Bush and James A. Baker, III: A Friendship Forged in Power

By: Charles Denyer, Vice President Dick Cheney - foreword

Narrated by: Paul Michael, Dick Cheney

George H. W. Bush and James A. Baker, III: A Personal and Political Friendship for the Ages

The friendship between George H.W. Bush and James A. Baker, III began over 50 years ago on the tennis courts of the Houston Country Club when they found themselves paired as a doubles team, winning back-to-back championships in 1966 and 1967. While both men were admittedly weak servers, Bush was the net-and-volley guy, with Baker holding down the baseline with his groundstroke skills. That same approach of complementary skill sets and teamwork spilled over into their political careers for decades to come.

Both men's résumés were legendary. Bush served as a United States congressman, ambassador to the United Nations, chair of the Republican National Committee, US liaison to China, director of Central Intelligence, 43rd vice president, and 41st president of the United States.

Baker served as undersecretary of commerce, secretary of the treasury, secretary of state, and White House chief of staff - twice, while also chairing or playing a lead role in five successive presidential elections for three different candidates from 1976 to 1992.

Texas Titans is a story of George Herbert Walker Bush and James Addison Baker, III, two of America's most consequential statesmen of the past 50 years. Two men from opposite areas of the country who found friendship on the tennis courts at the Houston Country Club. Two men who helped transform a world during an era of immense challenges and change. Two men who became - and still are - Texas titans.

©2020 Charles Denyer (P)2020 One Audiobooks

exquisite

I enjoyed every minute of this specific book, the narrator explains in depth of bush's difficult but yet not impossible road to presidency!! outstanding book!

Amazing

I’ve read multiple books on Bush and Bakst but this is the one that pulls the relationship together as the center theme. Great insight. Great understanding of how the two worked so well together.