George W. Bush: Evaluating The President At Midterm (suny Series On The Presidency: Contemporary Issues)

Bringing Together Presidential Scholars, Leading Voices On The Presidency, And Former White House Aides, This Book Provides A Timely And Thorough Assessment Of George W. Bush At The Historic Midpoint Of His Presidency. The Book Covers Bush's Character And Leadership Style, Domestic Policy, Foreign Policy And The War On Terror, And The Bush Administration. It Concludes With A Report Card On The Bush Presidency, Whereby The President, His Staff, And His Legislative Record Are Graded.--jacket. The Arbiter Of Fate : The Presidential Character Of George W. Bush / Bill Kirtley -- Compassionate Conservatism Meets Communitarianism / W.w. Riggs -- The Embryonic Stem Cell Debate And The Battle Between Politics And Ethics / Bryan Hilliard -- An Early Assessment Of President George W. Bush And The Environment / Glen Sussman, Byron W. Daynes -- Vigor And Vacillation : An Early Assessment Of Bush's Economic Policy / Chris J. Dolan -- Ironing Out Reelection : George W. Bush And The Politics Of Steel / Douglas M. Brattebo -- The Politics Behind Bush's No Child Left Behind Initiative : Ideas, Elections, And Top-down Education Reform / Robert Maranto, Laura Coppeto -- The Bush Doctrine : Redefining The U.s. Role In World Politics For The Twenty-first Century? / Cameron G. Thies -- A United Front? : The Bush Administration, Coalition Diplomacy, And The Military Campaign In Afghanistan / Tom Lansford -- The Bush Military Tribunal : Relying On The Nazi Saboteur Case / Louis Fisher -- The War On Terrorism And Homeland Security : Presidential And Congressional Challenges / Richard S. Conley -- The Bush White House : Comparisons With Previous White Houses / Bradley H. Patterson, Jr -- Vice President Dick Cheney : Trendsetter Or Just Your Typical Veep? / Jack Lechelt -- Comforter In Chief : The Transformation Of First Lady Laura Bush / Robert P. Watson -- Conclusion / Robert P. Watson, Tom Lansford, Bryan Hilliard. Edited By Bryan Hilliard, Tom Lansford, Robert P. Watson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 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 Bryan Hilliard is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New England College. He is the coeditor (with Tom Lansford, J. L. Walsh, and Patrick Hayden) of Debating Environmental Regimes . Tom Lansford is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern Mississippi on the Gulf Coast. Robert P. Watson is Associate Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University. He is the author and editor of several books, including Life in the White A Social History of the First Family and the President's House , published by SUNY Press.