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Named Person: | George W Bush; George W Bush; George W Bush; George W Bush; George W Bush; George W Bush |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alasdair Roberts |
ISBN: | 9780814776063 081477606X |
OCLC Number: | 154759488 |
Description: | xi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Preface -- 1. A crisis of authority -- 2. Citizens and aliens -- 3. Home alone -- 4. Soothing the market -- 5. Cakewalk -- 6. The collapse of Fortress Bush -- 7. Beyond the imperial presidency -- Notes -- Index -- About the author. |
Responsibility: | Alasdair Roberts. |
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Roberts sound judgment and expertise in the field of public administration make this an excellent primer on governance in the Bush years. * Choice * To explain the actions of the Bush administration since 9/11, Roberts . . . offers a provocative and intriguing thesis: that the decisions made by Bush were tightly constrained by the American political system's & entrenched liberalism, and a prevailing culture of & neomilitarism. . . . [T]he book deserves a wide audience. It will likely raise many questions to pose to presidential candidates in this election cycle. Highly recommended for all libraries. -- Thomas J. Baldino * Library Journal * A trenchant analysis of the last eight years of American political history. . . . A work of rare insight that fills gaps glaringly evident in most public discourse. * Kirkus Reviews * Roberts book reminds us of a fundamental truth about modern democracies--governments and their opponents often have a vested interest in exaggerating the degree to which rhetoric has been transformed into reality. * Public Finance * A counterintuitive critique of why the Bush administration collapsed, both internationally and domestically. * Publishers Weekly * Read more...


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