The George W. Bush Presidency: An Early AssessmentBetween his inauguration and September 11, 2001, George W. Bush's presidency appeared to lack focus. The rhetoric of the campaign trail did not readily translate into concrete policies and a closely divided Congress restrained executive action. The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, however, changed all of that. In their aftermath, Bush emerged as a strong, decisive leader with a deep sense of purpose and certainty that inspired many Americans, even as it alienated much of the rest of the world. In The George W. Bush Presidency: An Early Assessment, noted presidential scholar Fred I. Greenstein brings together a distinguished group of political scientists to consider the first two-and-a-half years of the George W. Bush presidency, from his leadership style and political ethos to his budgetary and foreign policies to his relationship with Congress, the electorate, and the American public. This balanced and timely volume concludes with an invaluable insider's view of the president and his administration by John J. DiIulio, the first Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Contributors: Richard A. Brody, Ivo Daalder, John J. Dilulio, Jr., John Fortier, Hugh Heclo, Karen M. Hult, Gary Jacobson, Charles O. Jones, James Lindsay, Norman Ornstein, and Allen Schick |
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... Bush's approval level was a towering 86 percent. On. to. Iraq. Bush had
postponed a decision on whether to target Iraq in the war on terror in the
September 12, 2001, NSC meeting, but Iraq came into his crosshairs in his
January 2002 State ...
There are no instances in which Bush is described as acting on uncontrolled
impulse in Bob Woodward's in-depth account of his administration's decision
making on Afghanistan. Indeed, Bush explained to Woodward that it was in his
nature to ...
Woodward's account of the administration's post–September 11 decision making
points to two respects in which Bush's deliberative processes leave something to
be desired. Woodward reports that Powell and Rumsfeld expressed their ...
“I know of only one way in which you can be sure you have done your best to
make a wise decision,” the former allied supreme commander once remarked. “
That is to get all of the responsible policy makers with their different viewpoints in
...
If one chooses, it can be read as an assertion of democratic Caesarism: the
tribune of the people has no need to justify his decisions to lesser beings.
However, that reading would misjudge both the statement and the man who
made it.
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Chapter 3 The Bush White House in Comparative Perspective | 51 |
Chapter 4 Bushs Budget Problem | 78 |
Chapter 5 Bushs Foreign Policy Revolution | 100 |
Legislative Strategist | 138 |
Chapter 7 Capitalizing on Position in a Perfect Tie | 173 |
Chapter 8 The Bush Presidency and the American Electorate | 197 |
Chapter 9 President Bush and the Public | 228 |
Chapter 10 A View from Within | 245 |
Notes | 261 |
About the Contributors | 297 |
Index | 303 |