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How George W. Bush Is Redefining the Conservative Movement and Transforming America
Crown
January 2006
224 pages ISBN: 0307336492 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
With Rebel-in-Chief, veteran political reporter Fred Barnes
provides the defining book on George W. Bush's presidency,
giving an insider's view of how Bush's unique presidential
style and bold reforms are dramatically remaking the
country--and, indeed, the world. In the process, Barnes
shows, the president is shaking up Washington and reshaping
the conservative movement. Barnes has gained extraordinary access to the Bush
administration for Rebel-in-Chief, conducting rare one-on-
one interviews with President Bush, Vice President Dick
Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and many other close
presidential advisers. That access, along with Barnes's
extensive independent reporting and interviewing, produces
an eye-opening look at this highly consequential--and
controversial--presidency. Rebel-in-Chief reveals: * How Bush acts as an "insurgent force" in the nation's
capital--"a different kind of president" who is turning the
Washington establishment on its ear * How Bush is redefining conservatism for a new era--and
creating a new Republican majority * The inside story of how Bush has revolutionized American
foreign policy--and how the president's crusade for
democracy would have been anathema to Bush himself only
five years ago * When and why Bush decided to go into Iraq, even knowing
that he was putting his political future at risk * Howa White House aide you've probably never heard of is
shaping the Bush vision * The surprising and important ways Bush's faith affects
critical presidential decisions * How Bush has outmaneuvered his political opponents and
surprised members of the press who have dismissed him as an
intellectual bantamweight * How Bush routinely defies conventional wisdom because of
his contempt for elite opinion and halfway reforms ("small-
ball," he calls them)--and why he usually wins George W. Bush billed himself as a "different kind of
Republican." He has proved to be a different kind of
president, too. And Fred Barnes's riveting behind-the-
scenes account helps us understand how much this "Rebel-in-
Chief " is reshaping the world around us.
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