President George H. Bush & Vice President Dan Quayle Presidential Inaugural Guidebook 1989 Signed Autograph Photos

The American Bicentennial Presidential Inaugural-1789-1989-Offficial Guidebook-4 1/2" X 5 1/2"-80 pages-"Peace,Prosperity And Independence". This original guidebook was given to people attending the Bush/Quayle Inauguration in 1989. This guidebook was not available for retail sale and was distributed in limited quantities.The guidebook features all information necessary for attending The Inaugural Ceremonies. The guidebook also features photos of George Bush and Dan Quayle and their families plus maps and schedules.......After George Bush's second race for the Senate, President Nixon appointed him U.S. delegate to the United Nations and he later became Republican National Committee chairman. He headed the U.S. liaison office in Beijing before becoming Director of Central Intelligence. In 1980 Bush became Reagan's running mate despite earlier criticism of Reagan “voodoo economics” and by the 1984 election had won acclaim for his devotion to Reagan's conservative agenda. The vice president entered the 1988 presidential campaign and easily defeated Democrat Michael Dukakis. Bush's choice of Sen. Dan Quayle of Indiana as a running mate provoked criticism and ridicule that continued even after the administration was in office. Nonetheless Bush strongly defended his choice. George Herbert Walker Bush became president on Jan. 20, 1989, with his theme harmony and conciliation after the often-turbulent Reagan years.In his first year, Bush was confronted with the Lebanese hostage crisis, the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, and the ongoing war against drug trafficking. His public approval soared following the invasion of Panama in late 1989. But a staggering budget deficit and the savings and loan crisis caused the president's popularity to dip sharply in his second year. This plunge followed Bush's recantation of his campaign “no new taxes” pledge as he sat down with congressional leaders to tame the budget deficit and deal with a faltering economy.In 1991, the president emerged as the leader of an international coalition of Western democracies, Japan, and even some Arab states that came together to free Kuwait following an invasion of the country by Iraq in Aug. 1990. The coalition forces defeated Iraq in only a little more than a month after Operation Desert Storm was launched on Jan. 16–17, 1991, and a nation grateful at feeling the end of the “Vietnam syndrome” gave the president an 89% approval rating. A major Bush accomplishment in 1991 was the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), signed in July with Soviet president Mikhail S. Gorbachev at their fourth summit conference, marking the end of the long weapons buildup. In the 1992 presidential election, Bush was defeated by Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas.The Guidebook has been autographed on the front cover by George Bush and Dan Quayle.......................BOTH GUIDEBOOK AND AUTOGRAPHS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION..................