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Informationen zum Autor By William L. O'Neill Klappentext The all-too-brief period of relative tranquility that extended from the end of the Cold War to the beginning of the War on Terror is the subject of William L. O'Neill's brilliant new study of recent American history. Mr. O'Neill's sharp eye for the telling incident and the apt quotation combine with an acute historical judgment to make A Bubble in Time a compellingly readable informal history. Zusammenfassung The all-too-brief period of relative tranquility that extended from the end of the Cold War to the beginning of the War on Terror is the subject of William L. O'Neill's brilliant new study of recent American history. Mr. O'Neill's sharp eye for the telling incident and the apt quotation combine with an acute historical judgment to make A Bubble in Time a compellingly readable informal history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Elder BushChapter 2: Slaughter: The First Persian Gulf WarInterlude: The Enola Gay ExhibitionChapter 3: Clinton and the 1992 ElectionChapter 4: What's Right and What's WrongInterlude: Buffalo CommonsChapter 5: Clinton ArrivesChapter 6: Sex and Other ScandalsInterlude: Buffy the Vampire SlayerChapter 7: The Trial of the CenturyChapter 8: Higher Education in CrisisInterlude: Alan Greenspan: The God That FailedChapter 9: Clinton: The Second TermEpilogue
