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UNINA9910826621903321 |
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Autore |
Roberts Alasdair (Alasdair Scott) |
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Titolo |
The collapse of fortress Bush : the crisis of authority in American government / / Alasdair Roberts |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-8147-7733-3 |
0-8147-7625-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Executive power - United States |
Political leadership - United States |
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 |
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 |
United States Politics and government 2001-2009 |
United States Foreign relations 2001-2009 |
United States Social conditions 1980-2020 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-250) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; 1 A Crisis of Authority; 2 Citizens and Aliens; 3 Home Alone; 4 Soothing the Market; 5 Cakewalk; 6 The Collapse of Fortress Bush; 7 Beyond the Imperial Presidency; Notes; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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When the Bush presidency began to collapse, pundits were quick to tell a tale of the "imperial presidency" gone awry, a story of secretive, power-hungry ideologues who guided an arrogant president down the road to ruin. But the inside story of the failures of the Bush administration is both much more complex and alarming, says leading policy analyst Alasdair Roberts. In the most comprehensive, balanced view of the Bush presidency to date, Roberts portrays a surprisingly weak president, hamstrung by bureaucratic, constitutional, cultural and economic barriers and strikingly unable to wield auth |
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