George W. Bush: Evaluating the President at Midterm

, by Hilliard, Bryan; Lansford, Tom; Watson, Robert P.

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ISBN: 9780791461341 | 0791461343
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Copyright: 8/18/2004

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Preface

Introduction

(16)

Robert P. Watson, Bryan Hilliard, and Tom Lansford

Part 1 Leadership and Character

(36)

Chapter 1 The Arbiter of Fate: The Presidential Character of George W. Bush

(10)

Bill Kirtley

Chapter 2 Compassionate Conservativism Meets Communitarianism

(10)

W.W. Riggs

Chapter 3 The Embryonic Stem Cell Debate and the Battle between Politics and Ethics

(14)

Bryan Hilliard

Part 2 Domestic Policy

(68)

Chapter 4 An Early Assessment of President George W. Bush and the Environment

(14)

Glen Sussman and Byron W. Daynes

Chapter 5 Vigor and Vacillation: An Early Assessment of Bush's Economic Policy

(16)

Chris J. Dolan

Chapter 6 Ironing Out Reelection: George W. Bush and the Politics of Steel

(20)

Douglas M. Brattebo

Chapter 7 The Politics behind Bush's No Child Left Behind Initiative: Ideas, Elections, and Top-Down Education Reform

105

(16)

Robert Maranto, with Laura Coppeto

Part 3 Foreign Policy and the War on Terror

121

(68)

Chapter 8 The Bush Doctrine: Redefining the U.S. Role in World Politics for the Twenty-first Century?

123

(16)

Cameron G. Thies

Chapter 9 A United Front? The Bush Administration, Coalition Diplomacy, and the Military Campaign in Afghanistan

139

(16)

Tom Lansford

Chapter 10 The Bush Military Tribunal: Relying on the Nazi Saboteur Case

155

(18)

Louis Fisher

Chapter 11 The War on Terrorism and Homeland Security: Presidential and Congressional Challenges

173

(16)

Richard S. Conley

Part 4 The Bush Administration

189

(50)

Chapter 12 The Bush White House: Comparisons with Previous White Houses

191

(16)

Bradley H. Patterson Jr.

Chapter 13 Vice President Dick Cheney: Trendsetter or Just Your Typical Veep?

207

(14)

Jack Lechelt

Chapter 14 "Comforter in Chief": The Transformation of First Lady Laura Bush

221

(18)

Robert P. Watson

Conclusion

239

(24)

Robert P. Watson, Tom Lansford, and Bryan Hilliard

Appendix

263

(16)

About the Contributors

279

(4)

Index

283

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