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POLITICAL SCIENCE “This volume takes the reader through the dramatic and significant changes— for better or worse—America and the world went through as a consequence of the actions of the Bush administration. It is essential reading for those who wish to understand just how much changed in those turbulent years.” —Michael A. Genovese, Loyola Marymount University “This is an unusually ambitious and coherent volume. It traces the central paradox of the Bush presidency—audacious aspirations and white-knuckled risk taking to solidify the conservative regime that generated gut-wrenching policy failures and stunning political defeats. This remarkable volume dissects the limits and vulnerabilities of not only the Bush presidency but of the American presidency in the early twenty-first century. It offers cogent warnings to the Obama presidency, which may have politically benefited from the Bush failures but may ultimately fall victim to similar temptations to overreach.”—Lawrence R. Jacobs, University of Minnesota The presidency of George W. Bush is notable for the grand scale of its ambitions , the controversy that these ambitions generated, and the risks Bush regularly courted in the spheres of politics, economics, and foreign policy. This is the first scholarly collection to assess the entire two terms of the Bush administration, including its tumultuous final year. It assembles prominent presidential scholars to measure the trajectory and impact of Bush’s aspirations, his accomplishments, and his failures. By examining presidential leadership, popular politics, and policymaking in this context, the contributors begin the work of understanding the unique historical legacy of the Bush presidency. Steven E. Schier is Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science at Carleton College. He is the author of You Call This an Election? America’s Peculiar Democracy and several other titles, and editor of High Risk and Big Ambition: The Early Presidency of George W. Bush and The Postmodern Presidency: Bill Clinton’s Legacy in U.S. Politics.  ÅÅÅ www.upress.pitt.edu 8dkZge]did\gVe]/IZX]#H\i#?ZggnBdgg^hdc!J#H#6^g;dgXZ![dg J#H#9ZeVgibZcid[9Z[ZchZ!?VcjVgn+!'%%.# 8dkZgYZh^\c/6ccLVahidc 9 7 8 0 8 2 2 9 6 0 4 9 2 >H7C&(/.,-"%"-''."+%)."' >H7C&%/%"-''."+%).") ...

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