TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Jean Edward
TI  - Bush
SN  - 9781476741192
AV  - E 902 .S59 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Bush, George W.
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 747-758) and index; The wilderness years -- Turnaround -- "Don't mess with Texas" -- Governor -- The 2000 election -- The rule of law -- Inauguration -- March of the Hegelians -- Asleep at the switch -- Toppling the Taliban -- L'�etat, c'est moi -- The torture trail -- Waging aggressive war: the prelude -- Invasion -- "Mission accomplished" -- Four more years -- Katrina -- Perils of a second term -- The mess in Mesopotamia -- Rummy walks the plank -- Bush takes command -- AIDS -- Quagmire of the vanities -- Financial Armageddon -- Finis
N2  - A biography of George W. Bush, showing how he ignored his advisors to make key decisions himself--most in invading Iraq--and how these decisions were often driven by the President's deep religious faith
ER  -