The co-presidency of Bush and Cheney / Shirley Anne Warshaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warshaw, Shirley Anne, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cheney, Dick, 1941-2025.

Cheney, Dick.

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

Bush, George W.

Cheney, Dick, 1941-2025--Influence.

Vice-presidents--United States.

Vice-presidents.

Executive power--United States.

Executive power.

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

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (462 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Politics and Policy, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Bush administration is out but the American public continues to suffer from its disastrous domestic and foreign policies. In this excellently documented work, presidential scholar Shirley Anne Warshaw offers an in-depth analysis and exploration of the political maneuvering that got us into our current mess. Combining her study of the motivations of both Dick Cheney and George W. Bush, knowledge of the spheres in which they operated, and personal interviews with White House staff and Washington insiders, Warshaw demonstrates that these complementary conservatives were nothing less than

Contents:

The Bush-Cheney ticket emerges : the melding of compassionate and conservative

Transition planning : Cheney gains control of the administration

Full transparencies : merging the vice president's staff into the White House staff

God and George W. Bush : the faith-based presidency

Dick Cheney and the business-friendly presidency

What happened to the domestic agenda?

Cheney's penchant for secrecy

The imperial presidency

Cheney's war

Epilogue : the Cheney legacy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-289) and index.

ISBN:

9780804771184

0804771189

OCLC:

646829039