Utter incompetents : ego and ideology in the age of Bush /
Oliphant, Thomas.
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press,
2007.
The problem wasn't just Iraq. It was everything George W. Bush touched, from the very early flop on energy policy to the walking fiasco named Alberto Gonzales. Even adding the tragicomedy of Hurricane Katrina doesn't come close to describing the governmental catastrophe of the Bush administration. The collapse of the Bush presidency is a broadly acknowledged fact. By any fair assessment, much of the past seven years has been disastrous--the challenge is to understand why. Few analysts have stepped aside and analyzed the totality of the Bush Administration. Now, journalist Oliphant tackles it all, closely inspecting the initial projections and promises of Bush and his key senior officials, and the ways in which they lost control of their well-publicized and overconfident plans. This is a searching look at the George W. Bush administration, its policies, and the legacy that it will leave behind on January 20, 2009.--From publisher description.
Includes index.
Screwing up -- Pumping dollars -- Unhealthy -- Hot air -- The Mayberry Machiavellis -- The economy, stupid -- Taxing patience -- A surplus of deficits -- The third rail -- Meddling -- Disaster -- Political security -- Enemies -- Prelude to catastrophe -- Isolation.
The problem wasn't just Iraq. It was everything George W. Bush touched, from the very early flop on energy policy to the walking fiasco named Alberto Gonzales. Even adding the tragicomedy of Hurricane Katrina doesn't come close to describing the governmental catastrophe of the Bush administration. The collapse of the Bush presidency is a broadly acknowledged fact. By any fair assessment, much of the past seven years has been disastrous--the challenge is to understand why. Few analysts have stepped aside and analyzed the totality of the Bush Administration. Now, journalist Oliphant tackles it all, closely inspecting the initial projections and promises of Bush and his key senior officials, and the ways in which they lost control of their well-publicized and overconfident plans. This is a searching look at the George W. Bush administration, its policies, and the legacy that it will leave behind on January 20, 2009.--From publisher description.
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
Political culture