There is no shortage of opinions on the legacy that George W. Bush
will leave as 43rd President of the United States. Recognizing that
Bush the Younger has been variously described as dimwitted,
opportunistic, innovative, and bold, it would be presumptuous to
draw any hard and fast conclusions about how history will view him.
Nevertheless, it is well within academia's ability to begin to make
preliminary judgments by weighing the evidence we do have and
testing assumptions.
In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks and the initially
successful military campaign in Afghanistan, Bush and his
administration enjoyed nearly unprecedented popularity. But after
failures in Iraq and in the federal government's response to
Hurricane Katrina, Bush's approval ratings plummeted. Guided by a
new framework, "Judging Bush" boldly takes steps to evaluate the
highs and lows of the Bush legacy according to four types of
competence: strategic, political, tactical, and moral. It offers a
first look at the man, his domestic and foreign policies, and the
executive office's relationship to the legislative and judicial
branches from a distinguished and ideologically diverse set of
award-winning political scientists and White House veterans. Topics
include Bush's decision-making style, the management of the
executive branch, the role and influence of Dick Cheney, elections
and party realignment, the Bush economy, Hurricane Katrina, No
Child Left Behind, and competing treatments of the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
Contributors include Lara M. Brown, David B. Cohen, Jeffrey E.
Cohen, Laura Conley, Jack Covarrubias, John J. DiIulio, Jr.,
William A. Galston, Frederick M. Hess, Karen M. Hult, Lori A.
Johnson, Robert G. Kaufman, Anne M. Khademian, Lawrence J. Korb,
Patrick McGuinn, Michael Moreland, Costas Panagopoulos, James P.
Pfiffner, Richard E. Redding, Neil Reedy, Andrew Rudalevige,
Charles E. Walcott, and Shirley Anne Warshaw.
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