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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 3 November 2026
- ISBN 9780197605684
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages608 pages
- Size 240x167x41 mm
- Weight 1002 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Shortly after George W. Bush's presidency ended, senior advisors began recording confidential oral history interviews with the nonpartisan scholars of the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs--with the promise that they would not be released until several years had passed. Among those behind-the-scenes stories, published here for the first time, are the recollections of some of the administration's most powerful figures and key players, such as Karl Rove, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, and Condoleezza Rice. Together, their stories trace Bush's elevation from Texas governor to the presidency and show how his priorities were transformed by the September 11th attacks.
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An oral history of George W. Bush's presidency, the inner workings of his White House, and the critical policy decisions it made
Shortly after George W. Bush's presidency ended, senior advisors began recording confidential oral history interviews with the nonpartisan scholars of the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs--with the promise that they would not be released for several years. The recordings--transcribed and published here for the first time--offer behind-the-scenes access to some of the administration's most powerful figures and key players, such as Karl Rove, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, and Condoleezza Rice. Their stories trace Bush's ascension from Texas governor to the presidency and show how his priorities were transformed by the September 11th attacks, providing granular details about the ensuing pressure to respond and make sure nothing like it happened again.
Former secretary of state James A. Baker, III recalls his efforts to secure Florida's decisive electoral votes for Bush after the 2000 election. Domestic policy advisor Margaret Spellings describes her day with First Lady Laura Bush just after planes crashed into the World Trade Center. White House counselor Dan Bartlett reports on what happened aboard Air Force One in the confused aftermath. Ambassador Ryan Crocker details his arrival in a demolished Afghanistan after the American invasion and how the lessons learned there influenced his later work in Iraq. Treasury secretary Henry Paulson recounts the harrowing days of 2008 when it looked as though the global financial system would collapse.
Throughout, the narratives wrestle with difficult questions that plagued the presidency: Could 9/11 have been prevented? Why were such draconian steps subsequently taken to protect Americans and to pursue the guilty? And why was Iraq considered a necessary war? These accounts reveal the motives and thoughts of those who worked most closely with Bush and provide essential information for passing historical judgment on his presidency.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part I: Beginnings
1. "Just George Bush from Texas"
2. The Governor as Rising Star
3. Getting the Republican Nomination
4. Selecting a Vice President and Steering the Republican Convention
5. Running Against Al Gore
6. Election Day, 2000
7. The Florida Challenge
8. The Transition to Governing
Part II: The First Term
9. Setting Priorities for the New Administration
10. No Child Left Behind and Overtures to Bipartisanship
11. Wrestling with Stem-cell Research
12. Foreign Policy for a Domestic President
13. 9/11
Part III: A Changed World
14. Adjusting to a Changed World
15. Afghanistan
16. Reorganizing the Government: Inventing Homeland Security
17. Finding and Testing Legal Limits
18. Detainees
Part IV: Iraq
19. Thinking about Going to War in Iraq
20. Planning for an Occupation--and Invading
21. Occupation, Nation-building, and the 10,000 Mile Screwdriver
22. The Surge
Part V: The Other Bush Presidency
23. PEPFAR-Saving Lives in Africa
24. Immigration
25. Judicial Nominations and the Courts
26. Katrina
27. The Financial Crisis, 2007-08
Part VI: George Bush and His Team
28. Bush's Operating Style
29. The Man in Office
30. Congress and Bush
31. Cheney and His Team
32. Transitioning Out-and Legacy
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