The co-presidency of Bush and Cheney [[electronic resource] /] / Shirley Anne Warshaw

• Autore: Warshaw Shirley Anne <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Politics and Policy, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (462 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.931092
• Soggetto topico: Vice-Presidents - United States; Executive power - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 2001-2009
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-289) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Bush-Cheney ticket emerges : the melding of compassionate and conservative -- Transition planning : Cheney gains control of the administration -- Full transparencies : merging the vice president's staff into the White House staff -- God and George W. Bush : the faith-based presidency -- Dick Cheney and the business-friendly presidency -- What happened to the domestic agenda? -- Cheney's penchant for secrecy -- The imperial presidency -- Cheney's war -- Epilogue : the Cheney legacy.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Bush administration is out but the American public continues to suffer from its disastrous domestic and foreign policies. In this excellently documented work, presidential scholar Shirley Anne Warshaw offers an in-depth analysis and exploration of the political maneuvering that got us into our current mess. Combining her study of the motivations of both Dick Cheney and George W. Bush, knowledge of the spheres in which they operated, and personal interviews with White House staff and Washington insiders, Warshaw demonstrates that these complementary conservatives were nothing less than
• Titolo autorizzato: The co-presidency of Bush and Cheney
• ISBN: 0-8047-7118-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778527903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II