Though often dismissed as a mere “transactional” manager, Bush had one of the best foreign-policy records of the past half-century. His administration managed the end of the Cold War, the dismantlement of the Soviet Union, and the unification of Germany within NATO – all without violence.
尽管通常被贬低为“事务性”管理者，老布什却拥有着过去半个世纪的最佳外交政策记录。他的政府让冷战结束，目睹了苏联的解体，让德国在北约框架内实现了重新统一——所有这些都没有使用暴力。与此同时，他领导了广泛的由联合国支持的联盟，击退了萨达姆·侯赛因对科威特的入侵。他在任何一个方面稍有闪失，当今世界就会糟糕得多。