Deep in the Heart - The Texas Tendency in American Politics

Informationen zum Autor James McEnteer is an independent scholar, journalist, and the author of Deep in the Heart: The Texas Tendency in American Politics (2004) and Fighting Words: Independent Journalists in Texas (1992). He is a former Fellow of the Joan Shorenstein Center for the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Klappentext Cowboy politics is in. When George W. Bush announced a new American policy of pre-emptive attack against potential enemies in 2002! he ushered in the triumph of Texas values over the American agenda. This book traces in lucid and engaging style the fascinating influence of the Texas warrior culture from the Alamo to the present day. This is not a history of Texas! but much Texas history is entwined with American national politics. This book locates such diverse phenomena as Cold War politics! the Kennedy assassination! U.S.-Mexican immigration policies! Texas death penalty practices! and recent U.S. Middle East policy in the context of this Alamo attitude. Zusammenfassung Traces the extraordinary influence of Texas warrior culture on American national politics! from the creation myth of the Alamo to the George W. Bush administration's pre-emptive attack policy in the Middle East.

Product details

• Authors: James McEnteer, McEnteer James
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2004
• EAN: 9780275983062
• ISBN: 978-0-275-98306-2
• No. of pages: 294
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Singing, making music; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Political science; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Politics, Law, and Government: History