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George W. Bush has been branded the worst president in history and forced to endure accusations that he abused his power while presiding over a “lawless” administration. Stephen Knott, however, contends that Bush has been treated unfairly, especially by presidential historians and the media. He argues that from the beginning scholars abandoned any pretense at objectivity in their critiques and seemed unwilling to place Bush's actions into a broader historical context.In this provocative book, Knott offers a measured critique of the professoriate for its misuse of scholarship for partisan political purposes, a defense of the Hamiltonian perspective on the extent and use of executive power, and a rehabilitation of Bush's reputation from a national security viewpoint. He argues that Bush's conduct as chief executive was rooted in a tradition extending as far back as George Washington—not an “imperial presidency” but rather an activist one that energetically executed its constitutional prerogatives.Given that one of the main indictments of Bush focuses on his alleged abuse of presidential war power, Knott takes on academic critics like Sean Wilentz and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and journa

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Author

Stephen F. Knott

Publisher

University Press of Kansas

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780700618316

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Political Science, Humanities

Rating

3.87 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14