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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459119303321

Titolo

Assessing the George W. Bush presidency [[electronic resource] ] : a tale of two terms / / edited by Andrew Wroe and Jon Herbert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-7486-7194-3

1-78402-725-1

1-282-62013-4

9786612620133

0-7486-3149-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WroeAndrew

HerbertJon

Disciplina

973.931

Soggetti

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Institutions and structures -- pt. 2. Foreign policy leadership -- pt. 3. Domestic policy leadership.

Sommario/riassunto

In one of the first volumes assessing the full two terms of the George W. Bush presidency, Wroe and Herbert have gathered the work of leading American and European scholars. In fifteen succinct and incisive chapters, authorities such as Jim Pfiffner, John Maltese, Graham Wilson and Alan Gitelson offer assessments of the Bush administration's successes and failures. Extensive attention is paid to Bush's foreign policy, including 'The War on Terror' but the focus is broadened to absorb not only the Bush Doctrine and its repercussions, but also his trade and homeland security policies. The presid