Updated for the 2004 Presidential Election season, this popular reader has new and updated essays on the presidential election process, campaign finance reform, and the continuing transformation of George W. Bush's administration, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The selections in this reader were chosen with two aims in mind: to provide a historical perspective, so often neglected in similar texts that explains how the events of the past two centuries led us to where we are today, and to present the most ...
Read More
Updated for the 2004 Presidential Election season, this popular reader has new and updated essays on the presidential election process, campaign finance reform, and the continuing transformation of George W. Bush's administration, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The selections in this reader were chosen with two aims in mind: to provide a historical perspective, so often neglected in similar texts that explains how the events of the past two centuries led us to where we are today, and to present the most important current issues that are shaping the Bush administration and the presidency. Some articles are a combination of classic scholarly analyses, the best of current scholarship, and engaging insights into the nature of the contemporary presidency.
Read Less