Bush 41 and the Legacy of the G.I. Generation

In a tribute to George H.W. Bush, historian David Kaiser reflects on how he embodied the values of the G.I. Generation in office and throughout his life. He writes that Bush, the last president to have served in World War II, “reflected [the G.I. Generation’s] capacity to work as a team, accept reality as they found it, and above all, to understand the …