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Test by fire[electronic resource] :the war presidency of George W. Bush /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
杜威分類號:	973.931
書名/作者:	Test by fire : the war presidency of George W. Bush // Robert Swansbrough.
作者:	Swansbrough, Robert H.
出版者:	New York : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2008.
面頁冊數:	xix, 284 p.
標題:	War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
標題:	Afghan War, 2001-
標題:	Iraq War, 2003-
標題:	United States - Economic conditions - To 1865.
ISBN:	9780230611870
ISBN:	0230611877
書目註:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-279) and index.
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 --.
摘要、提要註:	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?
電子資源:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)

Test by fire[electronic resource] :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: 9780230611870

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

373938
Bush, George W.
1946---Military leadership.Subjects--Topical Terms:

374006
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

338488
United States
--Economic conditions--To 1865.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

336502
Electronic books.

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

Dewey Class. No.: 973.931

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