Assessing George W. Bush's legacy : the right man? / edited by Iwan Morgan and Philip John Davies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Assessing George W. Bush's Legacy: The Right Man? / Iwan Morgan -- One. Rating Bush / Andrew Rudalevige -- Two. Bush's Style of Presidential Leadership / Nigel Bowles -- Three. Bush's Congressional Legacy and Congress's Bush Legacy / John E. Owens -- Four. Bush, the Judiciary, and the Conservative Constitutional Counterrevolution: Close but No Cigar / Robert J. McKeever -- Five. The Ethical Record of the Bush Presidency / Clodagh Harrington -- Six. Did Bush Pursue a Neoconservative Foreign Policy? / Timothy J. Lynch -- Seven. Bush's Foreign Policy Legacy: Counting the Cost / John Dumbrell -- Eight. Bush and Big Government Conservatism / Alex Waddan -- Nine. Bush's Political Economy: Deficits, Debt, and Depression / Iwan Morgan -- Ten. Bush's Partisan Legacy and the 2008 Elections / Philip John Davies.

This book examines George W. Bush{u2019}s legacy in terms of his presidential leadership and politics and explains why he was the most controversial president of recent times. It focuses on Bush{u2019}s expansion of presidential power in pursuit of the 2war on terror,3 the ideological and pragmatic foundations of his presidential politics, and the complexity of his legacy in both foreign and domestic policy. In addition to an introductory overview, it contains ten original essays that assess the problems of rating the Bush presidency, the nature of Bush{u2019}s presidential government, ideology and ideas in the Bush presidency, the administration{u2019}s economic and foreign policies, and the electoral context of the times.