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Book SynopsisThe presidency of George W. Bush has been the subject of extensive commentary but limited scholarly analysis in the years since he left office.
43 draws extensively, but not solely, from the recently released interviews of the Miller Center’s Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: History and the Three Presidencies of George W. Bush, Russell L. Riley
- 1. George W. Bush’s Elections: 2000, 2004, 2006, and 2008, Michael Nelson
- 2. George W. Bush and Compassionate Conservatism: Rhetoric and Reality, Jesse H. Rhodes
- 3. Day of Fire: An Oral History of 9/11, Michael Nelson
- 4. “On My Own”: George W. Bush, the Unitary Executive, and Unilateral Action, Andrew Rudalevige
- 5. George W. Bush and Congress, John J. Pitney, Jr.
- 6. George W. Bush’s Supreme Court Nominations: From Oral History to Oral Argument, Barbara A. Perry
- 7. George W. Bush’s Vice President: A New Look at Dick Cheney, Joel K. Goldstein
- 8. The Iraq War: Democracy Promotion and the Struggle for Strategic Solvency, 2002–2008, Spencer D. Bakich
- 9. George W. Bush and the Financial Crisis of 2008, Robert F. Bruner
- 10. George W. Bush, Presidentialism, and the Fracturing of America, Sidney M. Milkis
- Appendix 1: Timeline of the George W. Bush Presidency
- Appendix 2: Interviewees for the George W. Bush Presidential History Project
- Appendix 3: Interviewers for the George W. Bush Presidential History Project
- List of Contributors
- Index
