Search Results - "George W. Bush"

Hopelessly divided the new crisis in American politics and what it means for 2012 and beyond / by Schoen, Douglas E., 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- America on the brink -- The mainstream/political class divide -- The divide: a data portrait -- The great divide and the populist upsurge -- Left populism: principles and resurgence -- Hopes dashed: Obama and the left -- Right-wing populism: principles and resurgence -- George W. Bush and the right-wing implosion -- Independent voters: angry, volatile, and growing -- The power of money -- The K Street effect: how lobbyists have saturated public policy -- Redistricting, race, and the political class -- Conclusion: reform or fail.…”
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Hopelessly divided the new crisis in American politics and what it means for 2012 and beyond / by Schoen, Douglas E., 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- America on the brink -- The mainstream/political class divide -- The divide: a data portrait -- The great divide and the populist upsurge -- Left populism: principles and resurgence -- Hopes dashed: Obama and the left -- Right-wing populism: principles and resurgence -- George W. Bush and the right-wing implosion -- Independent voters: angry, volatile, and growing -- The power of money -- The K Street effect: how lobbyists have saturated public policy -- Redistricting, race, and the political class -- Conclusion: reform or fail.…”
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The Peace puzzle America's quest for Arab-Israeli peace, 1989-2011 /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : understanding the decline of American Mideast diplomacy -- Opportunities created, opportunities lost : the United States and the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations at Oslo and Madrid -- Within reach : the United States and the Israeli-Syrian negotiations of the 1990s -- The collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations : Camp David, 2000 -- George W. Bush reshapes America's role in his first term -- The second term : new faces, new initiatives, new challenges and same results -- Epilogue : Obama, an early assessment -- Concluding remarks : lessons learned and unlearned.…”
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The Peace puzzle America's quest for Arab-Israeli peace, 1989-2011 /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : understanding the decline of American Mideast diplomacy -- Opportunities created, opportunities lost : the United States and the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations at Oslo and Madrid -- Within reach : the United States and the Israeli-Syrian negotiations of the 1990s -- The collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations : Camp David, 2000 -- George W. Bush reshapes America's role in his first term -- The second term : new faces, new initiatives, new challenges and same results -- Epilogue : Obama, an early assessment -- Concluding remarks : lessons learned and unlearned.…”
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Prison Area, Independence Valley : American Paradoxes in Political Life and Popular Culture / by Kroes, Rob

Table of Contents: “…The George W. Bush administration and European anti-Americanism -- The ascent of the falling man : an iconic image of 9/11 -- Cool hand luck : how America played its hand entertaining the world -- Musical America : staging the U.S.A. to the sounds of music -- A spaghetti southern : landscapes of fear in Quentin Tarantino's Django unchained -- Freaks on display : a tale of empathy and ostracism -- American responses to the Holocaust : atrocity photographs as nomadic objects -- Barack Hussein Obama : two portrait sketches -- Obama and the paradox of American global power : dreams of democracy and the imperial imperative -- Taking exception.…”
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Prison Area, Independence Valley : American Paradoxes in Political Life and Popular Culture / by Kroes, Rob

Table of Contents: “…The George W. Bush administration and European anti-Americanism -- The ascent of the falling man : an iconic image of 9/11 -- Cool hand luck : how America played its hand entertaining the world -- Musical America : staging the U.S.A. to the sounds of music -- A spaghetti southern : landscapes of fear in Quentin Tarantino's Django unchained -- Freaks on display : a tale of empathy and ostracism -- American responses to the Holocaust : atrocity photographs as nomadic objects -- Barack Hussein Obama : two portrait sketches -- Obama and the paradox of American global power : dreams of democracy and the imperial imperative -- Taking exception.…”
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Vital signs : perspectives on the health of American campaigning by Dulio, David A.

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What intelligence tests miss the psychology of rational thought / by Stanovich, Keith E., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Inside George W. Bush's mind : hints at what IQ tests miss -- Dysrationalia : separating rationality and intelligence -- The reflective mind, the algorithmic mind, and the autonomous mind -- Cutting intelligence down to size -- Why intelligent people doing foolish things is no surprise -- The cognitive miser : ways to avoid thinking -- Framing and the cognitive miser -- Myside processing : heads I win, tails I win too! …”
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What intelligence tests miss the psychology of rational thought / by Stanovich, Keith E., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Inside George W. Bush's mind : hints at what IQ tests miss -- Dysrationalia : separating rationality and intelligence -- The reflective mind, the algorithmic mind, and the autonomous mind -- Cutting intelligence down to size -- Why intelligent people doing foolish things is no surprise -- The cognitive miser : ways to avoid thinking -- Framing and the cognitive miser -- Myside processing : heads I win, tails I win too! …”
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Vital signs : perspectives on the health of American campaigning by Dulio, David A.

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An Israeli in Palestine resisting dispossession, redeeming Israel / by Halper, Jeff

Table of Contents: “…Letter from US President George W. Bush to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon -- 4. The case for sanctions against Israel: ICAHD's position on boycott, divestment and sanctions.…”
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When the letter betrays the spirit voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama / by King-Meadows, Tyson, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…: contemporary public opinion on voting rights policy ; A battle of principals : Congress, the DOJ, and the George W. Bush Administration -- pt. 3. A systems theory approach to enforcement: The macro-political context shaping enfranchisement, 2000-2008 ; Conclusion : regulating discretion and the challenge of post-racial politics.…”
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An Israeli in Palestine resisting dispossession, redeeming Israel / by Halper, Jeff

Table of Contents: “…Letter from US President George W. Bush to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon -- 4. The case for sanctions against Israel: ICAHD's position on boycott, divestment and sanctions.…”
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When the letter betrays the spirit voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama / by King-Meadows, Tyson, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…: contemporary public opinion on voting rights policy ; A battle of principals : Congress, the DOJ, and the George W. Bush Administration -- pt. 3. A systems theory approach to enforcement: The macro-political context shaping enfranchisement, 2000-2008 ; Conclusion : regulating discretion and the challenge of post-racial politics.…”
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Suicide warfare culture, the military, and the individual as a weapon / by Skaine, Rosemarie

Table of Contents: “…Theoretical analysis of suicide warfare -- Defining suicide warfare -- Suicide warfare in modern conflicts -- Suicide and policies of war -- Strategies of suicide warfare -- Effects of suicide warfare -- Case studies -- Japan's kamikaze pilots -- Hezbollah and Palestinian conflicts with Israel -- Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers -- Chechen separatists -- Al Qaeda -- Conclusion: Suicide as a weapon in war -- Appendix: Documents -- A. President George W. Bush, national security strategy, pre-emptive self defense, "The Bush Doctrine" -- B. …”
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Suicide warfare culture, the military, and the individual as a weapon / by Skaine, Rosemarie

Table of Contents: “…Theoretical analysis of suicide warfare -- Defining suicide warfare -- Suicide warfare in modern conflicts -- Suicide and policies of war -- Strategies of suicide warfare -- Effects of suicide warfare -- Case studies -- Japan's kamikaze pilots -- Hezbollah and Palestinian conflicts with Israel -- Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers -- Chechen separatists -- Al Qaeda -- Conclusion: Suicide as a weapon in war -- Appendix: Documents -- A. President George W. Bush, national security strategy, pre-emptive self defense, "The Bush Doctrine" -- B. …”
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North Korea's second nuclear crisis and northeast Asian security

Table of Contents: “…Olsen -- U.S. policy toward North Korea under George W. Bush : a critical appraisal / Curtis H. Martin -- China and the North Korean crisis : the diplomacy of great power transition / Jeremy Paltiel -- Japan and the second North Korean nuclear crisis / Yoshinori Kaseda -- Russia and the North Korean nuclear crisis / Seung-Ho Joo -- U.S.…”
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North Korea's second nuclear crisis and northeast Asian security

Table of Contents: “…Olsen -- U.S. policy toward North Korea under George W. Bush : a critical appraisal / Curtis H. Martin -- China and the North Korean crisis : the diplomacy of great power transition / Jeremy Paltiel -- Japan and the second North Korean nuclear crisis / Yoshinori Kaseda -- Russia and the North Korean nuclear crisis / Seung-Ho Joo -- U.S.…”
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The games presidents play sports and the presidency / by Watterson, John Sayle

Table of Contents: “…Bush : TR revisted -- Bill Clinton : oh, how he played the game -- George W. Bush : from bush leagues to the majors.…”
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The games presidents play sports and the presidency / by Watterson, John Sayle

Table of Contents: “…Bush : TR revisted -- Bill Clinton : oh, how he played the game -- George W. Bush : from bush leagues to the majors.…”
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