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The four years of the Bush presidency cover a momentous era in American and world history. In international affairs the events in Eastern Europe and the then Soviet Union in late 1989 gave the President a high profile. The advent of the 'New World Order' made the United States pre-eminent: the triumph of the West was assured, with the added bonus of the 'peace dividend' as arms control agreements and defense savings seemed imminent. The President's personal popularity flourished in this climate and reached a new peak with the triumph of the allied forces in the Gulf War. The Gulf conflict saw Bush at his most decisive: firm in his moral stance, skilled in his action to bring together allied support backed by the United Nations, and confident in his handling of public opinion.

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• The Mountbatten Centre for International Studies
• Notes on the Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• The Bush Administration: An Overview
• Managing the Bush White House
• The President and Congress
• American Political Parties and the Bush Presidency
• Bush and the Courts
• Economic Policy
• Domestic Policy
• Foreign Policy
• Defence Policy
• Conclusion
• Index

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Library Journal Review

Nine U.S. and British political scientists evaluate the presidency of George Bush in this readable and useful volume. Chapters cover White House staffing, congressional relations, political parties, and the courts, as well as domestic, foreign, and defense policy. The overall thesis is that Bush was ``essentially a foreign policy president in a domestic policy era.'' He is faulted for his domestic ``mal-leadership'' and praised for his willingness to use military force (see Michael Duffy and Dan Goodgame, Marching in Place, LJ 8/92). Though this is the first academic evaluation of the administration, it fails to consider the damage that was inflicted upon our system of checks and balances (see Charles Tiefer, The Semi-Sovereign Presidency: The Bush Administration's Strategy for Governing Without Congress, LJ 1/94). Recommended for informed readers.-William D. Pederson, Louisiana State Univ., Shreveport (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.