The collapse of fortress Bush : the crisis of authority in American government / Alasdair Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Alasdair (Alasdair Scott)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authority.

Executive power--United States.

Executive power.

Political leadership--United States.

Political leadership.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.

United States--Social conditions--1980-.

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-.

Bush, George W.

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946---Friends and associates.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the Bush presidency began to collapse, pundits were quick to tell a tale of the "imperial presidency" gone awry, a story of secretive, power-hungry ideologues who guided an arrogant president down the road to ruin. But the inside story of the failures of the Bush administration is both much more complex and alarming, says leading policy analyst Alasdair Roberts. In the most comprehensive, balanced view of the Bush presidency to date, Roberts portrays a surprisingly weak president, hamstrung by bureaucratic, constitutional, cultural and economic barriers and strikingly unable to wield auth

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1 A Crisis of Authority; 2 Citizens and Aliens; 3 Home Alone; 4 Soothing the Market; 5 Cakewalk; 6 The Collapse of Fortress Bush; 7 Beyond the Imperial Presidency; Notes; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-250) and index.

ISBN:

9780814777336

0814777333

9780814776254

0814776256

OCLC:

779828290