AMERICAN EXPERIENCE presents “George W. Bush”

The newest addition to AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s award-winning series of presidential biographies, “George W. Bush” is a two-part look at his life and presidency.

Part One follows Bush’s unorthodox road to the White House. The once wild son of a political dynasty, few expected Bush to ascend to the presidency. Yet 36 days after the November 2000 election, Bush emerged the victor of the most hotly contested election in the nation’s history.

Little in the new president’s past could have prepared him for the events that unfolded on September 11, 2001. Bush’s response to the deadly terrorist attack would come to define a new era in American foreign policy.

Part Two opens with the ensuing war in Iraq, and continues through Bush’s second term, as the president confronts the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina and the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression. Premieres Monday, May 4, and Tuesday, May 5, 9:00 ET.

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