Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Contributors xi
4. Preface: A Call for Modesty xix
5. Part One: Introduction
6. 1. Evaluating Presidents 3
7. 2. Bush’s Brain (No, Not Karl Rove) 21
8. 3. The Cheneyization of the Bush Administration 41
9. 4. President Bush as Chief Executive 58
10. Part Two: Institutions and the Policy Regime
11. 5. Reactionary Ideologues and Uneasy Partisans 77
12. 6. Diminishing Returns 96
13. 7. Not Always According to Plan 115
14. 8. A Legal Revolution? 136
15. Part Three: Domestic Policies
16. 9. George W. Bush’s Education Legacy 157
17. 10. The Politics of Economic Policy in a Polarized Era 176
18. 11. Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security 195
19. Part Four: Crusade
20. 12. Is the Bush Doctrine Dead? 215
21. 13. Forging an American Empire 234
22. 14. Fighting Two Wars 252
23. Part Five: Judging George W. Bush
24. 15. Between Journalism and History 273
25. Afterword 294
26. Index 311