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Test by firethe war presidency of George W. Bush /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Test by fireRobert Swansbrough.
Reminder of title:	the war presidency of George W. Bush /
Author:	Swansbrough, Robert H.
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2008.
Description:	xix, 284 p.
Subject:	War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Subject:	United States
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230611870

Test by firethe war presidency of George W. Bush /
Swansbrough, Robert H.

Test by firethe war presidency of George W. Bush /[electronic resource] :Robert Swansbrough. - 1st ed. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2008. - xix, 284 p. - The evolving American presidency series. - Evolving American presidency..

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-279) and index.

* Foreword: Professor Loch Johnson * Preface * Introduction A War President b2 ss Decisions: Seeking Insights * Section I: Path to the White House * Star-Spangled Eyes: The Fortunate Son * LoneStar Challenger:A Taste of Power * White House Quest: Selling of the Son * Section II:A War President Emerges * The Early Months: Clear-Eyed Realism * Ignored Warnings: A Call to Destiny * New Kind ofWar: Breaking the Rules * March to War: Vision or Vengeance? * Bush's War: Break it. . . and It'sYours * Section III: Pursuing a Vision * Axis of Evil: An Inverted Threat Matrix? * Ending Tyranny: Bush's Democracy Agenda * Conclusion * Tested by Fire: Standards for Greatness --.

This book revolves around three closely related questions. First, how did George W. Bush?a wisecracking cutup, mediocre student, failed oilpatch entrepreneur and fighter pilot in the Texas Air National Guard?s?Champagne Unit??become a War President? Did George W. Bush go too far?invading Iraq, abandoning the Geneva Conventions? safeguards for captured prisoners and conducting surveillance over American citizens without court approval?in wielding his powers as War President? And finally, will George W. Bush receive history?s accolade as a great American president for his leadership in the war on terror?

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230611870

Standard No.: 10.1057/9780230611870doiSubjects--Personal Names:

436760
Bush, George W.
1946-Subjects--Topical Terms:

462055
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

236377
United States
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JZ1480 / .S93 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 973.931

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