Ambition and division
Subtitle: legacies of the George W. Bush presidency
By: edited by Steven E. Schier
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780822960492
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-324) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the ambitions of the George W. Bush presidency  -- Steven E. Schier; title: The Bush presidency in historical context : the limitations of the partisan presidency  -- Nicol C. Rae; title: Legitimacy, leadership, and longing for realignment : the party basis of the Bush presidency  -- John J. Coleman and Kevin S. Price; title: Bush and Clinton : contrasting styles of popular leadership  -- John F. Harris; title: A public death : the failure of the Bush presidency and the future of American politics  -- John Kenneth White and John Zogby; title: Bush and religious politics  -- James L. Guth; title: The culminating point : Democrats versus Republicans in the Bush years  -- John J. Pitny Jr.; title: Shifting sands : President Bush and Congress  -- Bertram Johnson; title: Authority and unilateralism in the Bush presidency  -- Peri E. Arnold; title: Richard Cheney and the power of the modern vice presidency  -- Michael Nelson; title: Low risk and big ambition : Bush and the judiciary  -- Nancy Maveety; title: Riding the tiger : Bush and the economy  -- John Frendreis and Raymond Tatalovich; title: The foreign policy of the Bush administration : terrorism and the promotion of democracy  -- James M. McCormick; title: National security and the Bush doctrine : a legacy of the George W. Bush presidency  -- Stanley A. Renshon; title: Conclusion : Bush's legacy and the limits of ambition / Steven E. Schier.