This book examines the legacy of the Bush presidency in term of presidential leadership, politics, and public policy. It focuses on Bush's expansion of presidential power in pursuit of the 'war on terror,' the ideological and pragmatic foundations of presidential politics, and the complexity of Bush's domestic and foreign policy legacies.

Autorentext
Iwan W. Morgan is a Professor of US Studies and Head of US Programmes at the Institute of the Americas, University College London, UK.

Inhalt
Introduction: The Right Man?; I.Morgan Rating Bush; A.Rudalevige George W. Bush's Style of Presidential Leadership; N.Bowles Bush's Congressional Legacy and Congress's Bush Legacy; J.E.Owens George W. Bush, the Judiciary and the Conservative Constitutional Counter-Revolution: Close but No Cigar; R.McKeever The Ethical Record of the Bush Presidency; C.Harrington Did George W. Bush Pursue a Neoconservative Foreign Policy?; T.J.Lynch George W. Bush's Foreign Policy: Counting the Cost; J.Dumbrell Bush and Big Government Conservatism; A.Waddan Bush's Political Economy: Deficits, Debt, and Depression; I.Morgan Bush's Partisan Legacy and the 2008 Elections; P.J.Davies