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The Presidency of George W. Bush (Hardcover)
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The Presidency of George W. Bush is the first balanced academic
study to analyze the entirety of his presidency-domestic, social,
economic, and national security policies-as well as the
administration's response to 9/11 and the subsequent "War on
Terror." In so doing, John Robert Greene argues persuasively that
the judgment of most scholars-that the Bush administration was a
complete failure-has been made in haste and without the benefit of
primary sources. This book is the first scholarly work to make wide
use of the documents at the George W. Bush Presidential Library,
many of which have only recently been made available to researchers
through the Freedom of Information Act. John Robert Greene offers
balanced assessment and nuanced conclusions supported by
documentary evidence. Yet in doing so he does not absolve the Bush
administration of its shortcomings. The Presidency of George W.
Bush shows that the administration could be vindictive, as
demonstrated by the Wilson-Plame affair and the firing of the US
attorneys. It all too often moved too slowly, as shown by the
National Security Council's lethargic handling of terrorism
pre-9/11, the failed attempt to revise Social Security, and the
sluggish reaction to Hurricane Katrina. It was an administration
that accepted, and acted on, the highly suspect theory of the
unitary presidency as advocated by Dick Cheney and accepted by the
president. On the other side of the balance sheet, however, the
evidence also makes it eminently clear that the Bush administration
was responsible for many positive achievements: No Child Left
Behind set the nation on the road toward affecting serious
educational reform. In healthcare reform, the Bush administration
both strengthened the Medicare system and extended its benefits for
millions of Americans. And Bush did more to combat the worldwide
scourge of AIDS as well as for Africa than any other president. In
sum, the actions of this presidency continue to affect the
presidencies of each of his successors as well as the trajectory of
world history to the present day.
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