George W. Bush: Evaluating the President at Midterm

George W. Bush......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Introduction: Robert P.Watson, Bryan Hilliard, and Tom Lansford......Page 12
Part 1: Leadership and Character......Page 28
1. The Arbiter of Fate The Presidential Character of George W. Bush by Bill Kirtley......Page 30
2. Compassionate Conservatism Meets Communitarianism by W.W. Riggs......Page 40
3. The Embryonic Stem Cell Debate and the Battle between Politics and Ethics by Bryan Hilliard......Page 50
Part 2: Domestic Policy......Page 64
4. An Early Assessment of President George W. Bush and the Environment by Glen Sussman and Byron W. Daynes......Page 66
5. Vigor and Vacillation: An Early Assessment of Bush’s Economic Policy by Chris J. Dolan......Page 80
6. Ironing Out Reelection: George W. Bush and the Politics of Steel by Douglas M. Brattebo......Page 96
7. The Politics behind Bush’s No Child Left Behind Initiative: Ideas, Elections, and Top-Down Education Reform by Robert Maranto, with Laura Coppeto......Page 116
Part 3: Foreign Policy and the War on Terror......Page 132
8. The Bush Doctrine: Redefining the U.S. Role in World Politics for the Twenty-first Century? by Cameron G. Thies......Page 134
9. A United Front? The Bush Administration, Coalition Diplomacy, and the Military Campaign in Afghanistan by Tom Lansford......Page 150
10. The Bush Military Tribunal: Relying on the Nazi Saboteur Case by Louis Fisher......Page 166
11. The War on Terrorism and Homeland Security: Presidential and Congressional Challenges by Richard S. Conley......Page 184
Part 4: The Bush Administration......Page 200
12. The Bush White House: Comparisons with Previous White Houses by Bradley H. Patterson Jr.......Page 202
13. Vice President Dick Cheney: Trendsetter or Just Your Typical Veep? by Jack Lechelt......Page 218
14. “Comforter in Chief ”: The Transformation of First Lady Laura Bush by Robert P.Watson......Page 232
Conclusion by Robert P.Watson,Tom Lansford, and Bryan Hilliard......Page 250
Appendix......Page 274
About the Contributors......Page 290
B......Page 294
G......Page 295
O......Page 296
U......Page 297
Z......Page 298