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Test by fire = the war presidency of...

Swansbrough, Robert H.

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Test by fire = the war presidency of George W. Bush /

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Test by fire/ Robert Swansbrough.
其他題名:	the war presidency of George W. Bush /
作者:	Swansbrough, Robert H.
出版者:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan, : 2008.,
面頁冊數:	xix, 284 p.
內容註:	* Foreword: Professor Loch Johnson * Preface * Introduction A War President b2 ss Decisions: Seeking Insights * Section I: Path to the White House * Star-Spangled Eyes: The Fortunate Son * LoneStar Challenger:A Taste of Power * White House Quest: Selling of the Son * Section II:A War President Emerges * The Early Months: Clear-Eyed Realism * Ignored Warnings: A Call to Destiny * New Kind ofWar: Breaking the Rules * March to War: Vision or Vengeance? * Bush's War: Break it. . . and It'sYours * Section III: Pursuing a Vision * Axis of Evil: An Inverted Threat Matrix? * Ending Tyranny: Bush's Democracy Agenda * Conclusion * Tested by Fire: Standards for Greatness --.
標題:	Afghan War, 2001- -
標題:	United States - Foreign relations - 2001-2009. -
電子資源:	http://link.springer.com/10.1057/9780230611870access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	0230611877

Test by fire = the war presidency of George W. Bush /
Swansbrough, Robert H.

Test by firethe war presidency of George W. Bush /[electronic resource] :Robert Swansbrough. - 1st ed. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2008. - xix, 284 p. - The evolving American presidency series. - Evolving American presidency..

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-279) and index.

* Foreword: Professor Loch Johnson * Preface * Introduction A War President b2 ss Decisions: Seeking Insights * Section I: Path to the White House * Star-Spangled Eyes: The Fortunate Son * LoneStar Challenger:A Taste of Power * White House Quest: Selling of the Son * Section II:A War President Emerges * The Early Months: Clear-Eyed Realism * Ignored Warnings: A Call to Destiny * New Kind ofWar: Breaking the Rules * March to War: Vision or Vengeance? * Bush's War: Break it. . . and It'sYours * Section III: Pursuing a Vision * Axis of Evil: An Inverted Threat Matrix? * Ending Tyranny: Bush's Democracy Agenda * Conclusion * Tested by Fire: Standards for Greatness --.

This book revolves around three closely related questions. First, how did George W. Bush?a wisecracking cutup, mediocre student, failed oilpatch entrepreneur and fighter pilot in the Texas Air National Guard?s?Champagne Unit??become a War President? Did George W. Bush go too far?invading Iraq, abandoning the Geneva Conventions? safeguards for captured prisoners and conducting surveillance over American citizens without court approval?in wielding his powers as War President? And finally, will George W. Bush receive history?s accolade as a great American president for his leadership in the war on terror?

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 0230611877

Standard No.: 10.1057/9780230611870doiSubjects--Personal Names:

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Afghan War, 2001-
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United States
--Foreign relations--2001-2009.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JZ1480 / .S93 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 973.931

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