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Digital Commons@Loyola Marymount Universityand Loyola Law SchoolPolitical Science Faculty Works Political Science1-1-2010Book Review: Bush on the Home Front, by John D.GrahamMichael A. GenoveseLoyola Marymount University, mgenovese@lmu.eduThis Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Political Science at Digital Commons @ Loyola Marymount University and LoyolaLaw School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Political Science Faculty Works by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@LoyolaMarymount University and Loyola Law School. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@lmu.edu.Repository CitationGenovese, Michael A., "Book Review: Bush on the Home Front, by John D. Graham" (2010). Political Science Faculty Works. 130.http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/poli_fac/130Recommended CitationGenovese, M. A. (2010). Book Review: Bush on the Home Front, by John D. Graham. Choice, 48.2.CHOICE connectA publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries A division of the American Library Association Editorial Offices: 575 Main Street, Suite 300, Middletown, CT 06457­3445  Phone: (860) 347­6933 Fax: (860) 704­0465October 2010 Vol. 48 No. 2Indiana University PressThe following review appeared in the October 2010 issue of CHOICE: U.S. Politics48­1145 E902 2009­31619 CIPGraham, John D. Bush on the home front: domestic policy triumphs and setbacks. Indiana, 2010. 425p ISBN9780253354365, $75.00; ISBN 9780253222152 pbk, $27.95.A former administrator in George W. Bush's Office of Management and Budget and the current dean of the Indiana UniversitySchool of Public and Environmental Affairs, Graham was a Bush policy insider and knows a great deal about theadministration's domestic policy successes and failures. He discusses a variety of domestic initiatives, arguing that Bushwas a more effective president in domestic policy than is believed. He claims his book "has supplied a wealth of evidencethat Bush was also a bold and activist president on traditional domestic issues. In light of the partisan divide in the Congressand Bush's limited political standing throughout most of his presidency, it is remarkable how ambitious he was and howmuch of his domestic agenda was enacted and implemented, whether by legislative or executive actions, and yet theseaccomplishments, by and large, have not been recognized." This view may be a bit overstated, yet Graham makes acompelling case that Bush was more active and more successful in the domestic arena than most people believe. Thorough,well documented, only slightly partisan, this book is a valuable contribution to understanding a controversial, consequentialpresident.­­M. A. Genovese, Loyola Marymount UniversitySumming Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels.

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