Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Robert P. Watson, Bryan Hilliard, and Tom Lansford
Part 1: Leadership and Character
1. The Arbiter of Fate: The Presidential Character of George W. Bush
Bill Kirtley
2. Compassionate Conservativism Meets Communitarianism
W. W. Riggs
3. The Embryonic Stem Cell Debate and the Battle between Politics and Ethics
Bryan Hilliard
Part 2: Domestic Policy
4. An Early Assessment of President George W. Bush and the Environment
Glen Sussman and Byron W. Daynes
5. Vigor and Vacillation: An Early Assessment of Bush's Economic Policy
Chris J. Dolan
6. Ironing Out Reelection: George W. Bush and the Politics of Steel
Douglas M. Brattebo
7. The Politics behind Bush's No Child Left Behind Initiative: Ideas, Elections, and Top-Down
Education Reform
Robert Maranto, with Laura Coppeto
Part 3: Foreign Policy and the War on Terror
8. The Bush Doctrine: Redefining the U.S. Role in World Politics for the Twenty-first Century?
Cameron G. Thies
9. A United Front? The Bush Administration, Coalition Diplomacy, and the Military Campaign in Afghanistan
Tom Lansford
10. The Bush Military Tribunal: Relying on the Nazi Saboteur Case
Louis Fisher
11. The War on Terrorism and Homeland Security: Presidential and Congressional Challenges
Richard S. Conley
Part 4: The Bush Administration
12. The Bush White House: Comparisons with Previous White Houses
Bradley H. Patterson Jr.
13. Vice President Dick Cheney: Trendsetter or Just Your Typical Veep?
Jack Lechelt
14. "Comforter in Chief": The Transformation of First Lady Laura Bush
Robert P. Watson
Conclusion
Robert P. Watson, Tom Lansford, and Bryan Hilliard
Appendix
About the Contributors
Index
