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By: Jean Edward Smith

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  • CategoryBiography & Memoir
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages832
  • Published2016
  • File size9.7 MB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9781476741192

Key ideas from the book

  • Smith presents Bush as a president who personally controlled major foreign-policy decisions.
  • The biography examines Bush’s decision to invade Iraq and its consequences.
  • It considers how Bush’s religious convictions informed his approach to foreign policy.
  • It discusses the administration’s response to 9/11 and the effect on civil liberties.
  • It describes Bush’s response to the 2008 financial crisis and his willingness to accept expert advice.

About Bush by Jean Edward Smith

Jean Edward Smith’s 2016 biography examines George W. Bush’s presidency, focusing on the decisions that shaped his foreign and domestic policies. Smith argues that Bush personally directed foreign policy, including the decision to invade Iraq, and connects his approach to his religious convictions.

The account also considers the administration’s response to 9/11 and its effects on civil liberties, then turns to the 2008 financial crisis, when Bush accepted expert advice and approved measures that ran against his political philosophy. This critical assessment will interest readers of presidential biography, modern U.S. history, and American politics.

About Jean Edward Smith

Jean Edward Smith was an American political scientist and biographer whose work explored U.S. political leadership and institutions. He taught at the University of Toronto and Marshall University, where he held the John Marshall Professorship of Political Science. His books include John Marshall: Definer of a Nation, Grant, FDR, and Eisenhower in War and Peace. FDR and Eisenhower in War and Peace were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography. Smith’s writing drew on extensive research to…

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