High Risk And Big Ambition
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High Risk And Big Ambition

Presidency of George W. Bush

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eBook - PDF

High Risk And Big Ambition

Presidency of George W. Bush

About this book

Elected with no clear public mandate, George W. Bush achieved surprising legislative successes in his early months in the White House. Following September 11, 2001, his public support rose to unprecedented heights. Actions taken in the following months and years have revealed the exceptionally ambitious nature of the Bush presidency.High Risk and Big Ambition brings together leading presidency scholars and journalists to assess the trajectory and character of Bush's time in office. The common theme running through their contributions is that this presidency is best characterized by a series of bold political and policy risks in the service of two primary goals: the transformation of American foreign policy and the creation of a lasting Republican dominance of domestic politics.Included are discussions of foreign policy, national security, the war in Iraq, Bush's leadership style, religious politics, and economic policy. George W. Bush emerges as an "orthodox innovator" who skillfully deploys both personal politics and the power of his office in an effort to complete the conservative governmental agenda initiated by Ronald Reagan. Yet because of the size of his ambitions, each success sets up a greater risk of failure. That alone makes his presidency one of the most interesting and consequential in decades.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Tables
  3. Introduction: George W. Bush’s Project (Steven E. Schier)
  4. Part I. Historical Perspectives
  5. Part II. Popular Politics
  6. Part III. Washington Politics
  7. Part IV. Foreign and Economic Policy
  8. Conclusion: George W. Bush’s Prospects (Steven E. Schier)
  9. Notes
  10. References
  11. List of Contributors
  12. Index