PositiveThe Dallas Morning NewsSmith argues persuasively that Bush created many of his difficulties with his style of governing by delegation and his penchant for making unilateral decisions, often without discussing alternatives and consequences with top advisers ... The result is an excellent initial assessment of a presidency that began in controversy, when the Supreme Court halted a recount in the electorally decisive state of Florida, and ended with the international and domestic failures that saddled Bush with the most sustained negative ratings of any modern president. Though Bush partisans may disagree, the intervening facts fully justify the author’s negative assessment.
William E. Leuchtenberg
PanThe Dallas Morning NewsThe mass of material in this 812-page volume may deter some potential readers, and Leuchtenburg undercuts his own impressive research job with inexplicable factual errors...
