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Rush to Judgment: George W. Bush, The War on Terror, and His Critics
Stephen F. Knott
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Description for Rush to Judgment: George W. Bush, The War on Terror, and His Critics
Paperback. This provocative book contends that George W. Bush has been treated unfairly, especially by presidential historians and the media. Argues that from the beginning scholars abandoned any pretense at objectivity in their critiques and seemed unwilling to place Bush's actions into a broader historical context. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPHC; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
George W. Bush has been branded the worst president in history and forced to endure accusations that he abused his power while presiding over a "lawless" administration. Stephen Knott, however, contends that Bush has been treated unfairly, especially by presidential historians and the media. He argues that from the beginning scholars abandoned any pretense at objectivity in their critiques and seemed unwilling to place Bush's actions into a broader historical context.
In this provocative book, Knott offers a measured critique of the professoriate for its misuse of scholarship for partisan political purposes, a defense of the Hamiltonian ... Read more
George W. Bush has been branded the worst president in history and forced to endure accusations that he abused his power while presiding over a "lawless" administration. Stephen Knott, however, contends that Bush has been treated unfairly, especially by presidential historians and the media. He argues that from the beginning scholars abandoned any pretense at objectivity in their critiques and seemed unwilling to place Bush's actions into a broader historical context.
In this provocative book, Knott offers a measured critique of the professoriate for its misuse of scholarship for partisan political purposes, a defense of the Hamiltonian ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700620227
SKU
V9780700620227
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About Stephen F. Knott
Stephen F. Knott is professor of National Security Affairs at the United States Naval War College and author of Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth; Secret and Sanctioned: Covert Operations and the American Presidency; and At Reagan's Side: Insiders' Recollections from Sacramento to the White House. He codirected the presidential oral history program at the University of Virginia's Miller ... Read more
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