Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Setting: America as a Great Power
The United States as a Great Civilization
American Fears
The Fall of the Soviet Empire
Chapter 2: Being a U.S. President
Chapter 3: The Making of President George H. W. Bush
Modern Republicans and the Making of the Bush Presidency
The Bush Vision
The 1988 Campaign and the Election of President Bush
Chapter 4: Bush and the Gulf War of 1991
The United States and Iraq in the Reagan-Bush Era
The Gulf War and the Vietnam Syndrome
The Bush Plan Receives Congressional Backing
World Protests: Bush and Iraqgate
Chapter 5: Security, Trade, and Democracy in Latin America and Asia
Latin America and Monroe’s Ghost
Friends or Foes?
Trade Worries
National Security Reform Directives
Narco-Politics and Promotion of Democracy
Concerns in the Pacific Rim and Asia
China
Cambodia
Taiwan
Korea
India and Pakistan Turn Nuclear on Bush’s Watch
Chapter 6: Standing Up for the Voiceless in Africa
Bush’s History With Africa and the Cold War Legacy
Operation Restore Hope: The Last Bush Act
Neo-Isolationism as Another Policy Orientation
Of Democracy: “We Know What Works, Freedom Works. We Know What’s Right: Freedom Is Right” (Bush)
Chapter 7: A New World Order?
America Inspiring the World
Criticisms of the New World Order
African Americans Raise Questions About the New World Order
Buchanan’s Attack
Chapter 8: At Home
Bush and Minority Politics
Health Politics
Education and the President
The Savings and Loan Scandal
Budget Problems Revisited
The Environmental President
The Wetlands
Chapter 9: The Reelection Debacle
Chapter 10: The Bush Legacy and Conclusions
Shaping a New World Order and Democratic Globalism
Reforming International Institutions and Reasserting Global Power
Kinder and Gentler Home Front
Reevaluating President Bush’s Leadership
Bush and Trade Agreements
Selected Bibliography
Index
