CONTENTS -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 The Bush Legacy: Controversial Policy and Uncertain Future -- The Legacy -- Disastrous Consequences? -- Uncertain Future -- CHAPTER 2 The Challenge to America and the World -- The Post-Cold War Challenge: Alternative Responses to Uncertainty -- The Challenge of September 11: The Temptation of an Überpower -- Bush's Doctrinal Innovations: Farewell to Realism -- CHAPTER 3 The Neoconservative RevolutionL The Ideological Infrastructure of the Bush Doctrine -- The Principles of Neoconservatism: Different Perspectives -- Neoconservatism: An Analytical Approach -- Assessing the Neoconservative Paradigm -- CHAPTER 4 The Personality of George W. Bush -- Bush's Unique Historical Challenge -- Classifying Bush -- Knowledge, Experience, and Interest -- Evangelical Manichean Radicalism -- Nationalist Conflictual Pessimism -- Lack of Openness and Flexibility -- Arrogance -- Instinct -- Assessing the Impact -- CHAPTER 5 The Decision-Making Process -- Alternative Models and Personality/ Ideological Thesis -- Circles of Decision Making in the Bush Administration -- The Decision-Making Unit -- The Bureaucracy -- The Political Class -- American and World Public Opinion -- CHAPTER 6 Lessons for Future Presidents: America and the World Beyond Bush and Neoconservatism -- Neoconservatism Under the Microscope for a Better Future -- A New Grand Strategy for America and the World -- Toward a Better Future? -- Notes -- References -- Index.