01697cam a2200277 4500 445964970 TxAuBib 20160714120000.0 150904s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015034690 9781476741192 1476741190 DLC eng DLC rda DLC NjBwBT rs051016 TxAuBib Smith, Jean Edward. Bush / Jean Edward Smith. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Simon & Schuster, 2016. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016. xxii, 808 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references 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'©♭tat 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. Examines the role of the forty-third president's deep religious faith in his controversial decisions, exploring his inclinations to ignore advisors and make fateful independent decisions, most significantly the invasion of Iraq, in ways that have had profound consequences. 20160714. Bush, George W George Walker 1946- United States Politics and government 2001-2009.