The George W. Bush Presidency: An Early AssessmentFred I. Greenstein JHU Press, 1 дек. 2004 г. - Всего страниц: 336 Between 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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... expected Bush to be cautious in advancing his program, in view of both the even division in Congress and the closeness of the 2000 election. Instead, boldness was his watchword. He sought ambitious aims and advanced them by taking ...
... expected to assume the presidency in a firestorm of contention. In fact, the political system's healing processes had set in. The media coverage of Bush's inauguration focused on the dignified pomp of the occasion, not the legitimacy of ...
... expected to have been defensive about the widespread criticism of his administration's actions or boastful about the rapidity of the military victor, he was neither. Instead he was good humored and reflective, expressing regret that the ...
... expected to stand on his or her own two feet, yet no one was to behave in a prideful manner for doing so. In effect, amid their substantial and growing wealth, the Bush family was carrying a venerable New England Puritan tradition ...
... expected. The Bushes were a competitive, kinetic clan like the Kennedys, but without the dark underside of the duplicity and overweening ambition of the paterfamilias. Joe Kennedy senior lusted after recognition in America's upper crust ...