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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953777103321

Autore

Wroe Andrew

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2009

ISBN

9786612620133

9780748671946

0748671943

9781784027254

1784027251

9781282620131

1282620134

9780748631490

0748631496

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WroeAndrew

HerbertJon

Disciplina

973.931

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCE / General

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