Bibliography of George W. Bush

This bibliography of George W. Bush is a list of published works, both books and films, about George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States.

Books written by Bush

 * George W. Bush, A Charge to Keep (1999), ISBN 0-688-17441-8
 * George W. Bush, We will prevail: President George W. Bush on war, terrorism, and freedom (2003), ISBN 0-8264-1552-0
 * George W. Bush, George W. Bush on God and on Country: The President Speaks Out About Faith, Principle, and Patriotism (2004), ISBN 1-59160-918-6
 * George W. Bush, Decision Points (2010), ISBN 978-0-307-59061-9
 * George W. Bush, 41: A Portrait of My Father (2014), ISBN 9780553447781
 * Dietrich, John W. ed. The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches with Commentary (Routledge, 2015).
 * George W. Bush, Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors (2017)
 * George W. Bush, Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants (2021)

Books written about Bush

 * David Aikman, A Man of Faith: The Spiritual Journey of George W. Bush (2004), ISBN 0-8499-1811-1
 * Eric Alterman and Mark J. Green, The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)leads America (2004), ISBN 0-670-03273-5
 * Ken Auletta (January 19, 2004). "Fortress Bush: How the White House Keeps the Press Under Control", The New Yorker, 79#53
 * Balmer, Randall. God in the White House: A History – How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush (Harper One, 2008).
 * Bruce Bartlett, Imposter: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy (2006), ISBN 0-385-51827-7
 * Paul Begala, Is Our Children Learning?: The Case Against George W. Bush (2000), ISBN 0-7432-1478-1
 * Paul Begala, It's Still the Economy, Stupid: George W. Bush, the GOP's CEO (2002), ISBN 0-7432-4647-0
 * Berry, Michael J. "Controversially executing the law: George W. Bush and the constitutional signing statement." Congress & the Presidency 36#3 (2009).
 * John Bonifaz, Warrior King: The Case for Impeaching George Bush (2003), ISBN 1-56025-606-0
 * Bostdorff, Denise M. "Epideictic rhetoric in the service of war: George W. Bush on Iraq and the 60th anniversary of the victory over Japan." Communication Monographs 78.3 (2011): 296-323. online
 * James Bovard, The Bush Betrayal (2004), ISBN 1-4039-6727-X
 * Russell S. Bowen, The Immaculate Deception: The Bush Crime Family Exposed (1991), ISBN 0-922356-80-7
 * Brands, Hal. What good is grand strategy?: Power and purpose in American statecraft from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush (Cornell UP, 2014).
 * Brands, Hal, and Peter Feaver. "The case for Bush revisionism: Reevaluating the legacy of America’s 43rd president." Journal of Strategic Studies 41.1-2 (2018): 234-274. online
 * Robert Bryce, Cronies: Oil, The Bushes, and the Rise of Texas, America's Superstate (2004), ISBN 1-58648-188-6
 * Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder (2008), ISBN 978-1-59315-481-3
 * Burns, Richard Dean. The Missile Defense Systems of George W. Bush: A Critical Assessment (ABC-CLIO, 2010).
 * Butterworth, Michael L. "George W. Bush as the 'Man in the Arena': Baseball, Public Memory, and the Rhetorical Redemption of a President." Rhetoric and Public Affairs 22.1 (2019): 1-32 online.
 * Robert C. Byrd, Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency (2004), ISBN 0-393-05942-1
 * Richard Clarke, Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror (2004), ISBN 0-7432-6045-7
 * Coe, Kevin. "George W. Bush, television news, and rationales for the Iraq War." Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 55.3 (2011): 307-324 online.
 * David Corn, The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception (2003), ISBN 1-4000-5066-9
 * Daalder, Ivo H., and Irving M. Destler. In the Shadow of the Oval Office: Profiles of the National Security Advisers and the Presidents They Served--From JFK to George W. Bush (Simon and Schuster, 2009).
 * Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay, America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy (2003), ISBN 0-8157-1688-5
 * Daynes, Byron W., and Glen Sussman, eds. White house politics and the environment: Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush (Texas A&M University Press, 2010).
 * John W. Dean, Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush (2004), ISBN 0-316-00023-X
 * Robert S. Devine, Bush Versus the Environment (2004), ISBN 1-4000-7521-1
 * Maureen Dowd, Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk (2004), ISBN 0-399-15258-X
 * Robert Draper, Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush (2007), ISBN 0-7432-7728-7
 * Edwards, Jason A., and Richard Herder. "Melding a new immigration narrative? President George W. Bush and the immigration debate." Howard Journal of Communications 23.1 (2012): 40-65.
 * Espinosa, Gastón, ed. Religion and the American Presidency: George Washington to George W. Bush with Commentary and Primary Sources (Columbia UP, 2009).
 * Justin A. Frank, Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President (2004), Regan Books. ISBN 0-06-073670-4
 * Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer & Brendan Nyhan, All the President's Spin: George W. Bush, the Media, and the Truth (2004), ISBN 0-7432-6251-4
 * David Frum, The Right Man: An Inside Account of the Bush White House (2003), ISBN 0-375-50903-8 ISBN 0-8129-6695-3
 * Galvin, Daniel J. Presidential Party Building: Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush (Princeton UP, 2009).
 * Gordon, Michael R., and Bernard E. Trainor. The endgame: The inside story of the struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama (Pantheon, 2012).
 * Green, Michael J. By more than providence: Grand strategy and American power in the Asia Pacific since 1783 (Columbia UP, 2017) pp 482–517. online
 * John Robert Greene. Presidential Profiles: The George W. Bush Years (New York: Facts on File, 2011), ISBN 978-0-8160-7765-6
 * John Robert Greene. The Presidency of George W. Bush (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2021), ISBN 978-0-7006-3268-8
 * James Hatfield, Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American President (1999), ISBN 1-887128-84-0
 * Jack Huberman, The Bush-Haters Handbook: A Guide to the Most Appalling Presidency of the Past 100 Years (2003), ISBN 1-56025-569-2
 * Molly Ivins, Bushwhacked : Life in George W. Bush's America (2003), ISBN 0-375-50752-3
 * Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose, Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush (2000), ISBN 0-375-50399-4
 * Patrick S. Johnston, Mission Accomplished (2006), ISBN 1-59858-244-5
 * William Karel, The World According to Bush (2004) documentary
 * Kitty Kelley, The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty (2004), ISBN 0-385-50324-5
 * Kellough, J. Edward, Lloyd G. Nigro, and Gene A. Brewer. "Civil service reform under George W. Bush: Ideology, politics, and public personnel administration." Review of Public Personnel Administration 30.4 (2010): 404-422.
 * Kengor, Paul. God and George W. Bush: A Spiritual Life (Regan Books, 2004).
 * Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy (2004), ISBN 0-06-074687-4
 * Ronald Kessler, A Matter Of Character: Inside The White House Of George W. Bush (2004), ISBN 1-59523-000-9
 * Brad Koplowitz, Our Brave New World (2010), ISBN 978-0-557-33697-5
 * Kraybill, Jeanine E., And R. A. U. L. Madrid Jr. "The Rhetoric of Crisis: George W. Bush during the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars." American Communication Journal 21.1 (2019) online
 * Kuehl, Rebecca A. "The rhetorical presidency and “accountability” in education reform: Comparing the presidential rhetoric of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush." Southern Communication Journal 77.4 (2012): 329-348.
 * Leffler, Melvyn P. "The foreign policies of the George W. Bush administration: Memoirs, history, legacy." Diplomatic History 37.2 (2013): 190-216.
 * Michael Lind, Made In Texas: George W. Bush and the Southern Takeover of American Politics (2002), ISBN 0-465-04121-3
 * Lindsay, James M. "George W. Bush, Barack Obama and the future of US global leadership." International Affairs 87.4 (2011): 765-779 online.
 * McClellan, Scott, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception (2009), ISBN 1-58648-556-3
 * Stephen Mansfield, The Faith of George W. Bush (2003), ISBN 1-58542-309-2
 * Anthony Marchionda, Jr., George W. Bush UNBOUND (2012),
 * Mark Crispin Miller, The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder (2002), ISBN 0-393-32296-3
 * Mark Crispin Miller, Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order (2004), ISBN 0-393-05917-0
 * Richard Miniter, Shadow War: The Untold Story of How Bush Is Winning the War on Terror (2004), ISBN 0-89526-052-2
 * Bill Minutaglio, First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty (1999), ISBN 0-609-80867-2 -- this work is the first major biography of Bush
 * Elizabeth Mitchell, W: Revenge of the Bush Dynasty (2000), ISBN 0-7868-6630-6
 * Alexander Moens, The Foreign Policy of George W. Bush: Values, Strategy And Loyalty (2004), ISBN 0-7546-4274-7
 * James C. Moore and Wayne Slater, Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential (2003), ISBN 0-471-47140-2
 * Michael Moore, Dude, Where's My Country? (2004), ISBN 0-446-69379-0
 * Michael Moore, Stupid White Men (2004), ISBN 0-06-098726-X
 * Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) motion picture
 * Jack Nargundkar, The Bush Diaries: A Citizen's Review of the First Term (2005), ISBN 0-595-35898-5
 * Obschonka, Martin, and Christian Fisch. "Entrepreneurial personalities in political leadership." Small Business Economics 50.4 (2018): 851-869.
 * Peggy Noonan, We Will Prevail: President George W. Bush on War, Terrorism and Freedom (2004), ISBN 0-8499-1811-1
 * Kevin Phillips, American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush (2004), ISBN 0-670-03264-6
 * John Podhoretz, Bush Country: How Dubya Became a Great President While Driving Liberals Insane (2004), ISBN 0-312-32472-3
 * Carl Pope, Strategic Ignorance : Why the Bush Administration Is Recklessly Destroying a Century of Environmental Progress (2004), ISBN 1-57805-109-6
 * B. Wayne Quist and Dr. David F. Drake, Winning the War on Terror: A Triumph of American Values (2005), ISBN 0-595-35776-8
 * Gabriel Range, Death of a President (2006) motion picture
 * Renshon, Jonathan. “Stability and Change in Belief Systems: The Operational Code of George W. Bush.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 52#6 (2008): 820-849.
 * Renshon, Jonathan. “When Public Statements Reveal Private Beliefs: Assessing Operational Codes at a Distance.” Political Psychology 30#4 (2009): 649-661.
 * Renshon, Stanley A. In His Father’s Shadow: The Transformations of George W. Bush (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004).
 * Renshon, Stanley A. and Jonathan Renshon. “The Theory and Practice of Foreign Policy Decision Making.” Political Psychology 29#4 (2008): 509-532.
 * Resh, William G. Rethinking the administrative presidency: Trust, intellectual capital, and appointee-careerist relations in the George W. Bush administration (JHU Press, 2015).
 * Rodman, Peter W. Presidential Command: Power, Leadership, and the Making of Foreign Policy from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush (Vintage, 2010).
 * Roof, Wade Clark. "American presidential rhetoric from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush: Another look at civil religion." Social Compass 56.2 (2009): 286-301.
 * Saghaye-Biria, Hakime. "Appraising the Foreign Policy Legacy of George W. Bush on Iran: The Roots of the Current Crisis." Journal of Contemporary Research on Islamic Revolution 2.3 (2020): 39-60 online
 * Bill Sammon, Fighting Back: The War on Terrorism from Inside the Bush White House (2002), ISBN 0-89526-149-9
 * Bill Sammon, Misunderestimated: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry, and the Bush Haters (2004), ISBN 0-06-072383-1
 * Michael Scheuer (orig. pub. under "Anonymous"), Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror (2004), ISBN 1-57488-849-8
 * Peter Singer, The President of Good and Evil: The Ethics of George W. Bush (2004), ISBN 0-525-94813-9
 * Singh, Robert S. "The Trump, Bush, and Obama Doctrines: A Comparative Analysis". In The Trump Doctrine and the Emerging International System (Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2021) pp. 319-353.
 * Siracusa, Joseph M., and Laurens J. Visser. "George W. Bush, Diplomacy, and Going to War with Iraq, 2001-2003." The Journal of Diplomatic Research/Diplomasi Araştırmaları Dergisi (2019) 1#1: 1-29 online
 * Glenn W Smith, Unfit Commander: Texans for Truth Take on George W. Bush (2004), ISBN 0-06-079245-0
 * Jean Edward Smith, Bush (2016), the major scholarly biography ISBN 978-1-4767-4121-5
 * W. (2008), a biographical film about George W. Bush. It was produced and directed by Oliver Stone.
 * Ron Suskind, The Way of the World (2008).
 * Jackson Thoreau, Born to Cheat: How Bush, Cheney, Rove & Co. Broke the Rules - From the Sandlot to the White House (2007) ISBN 978-1-881365-53-2
 * Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties (2004), ISBN 0-7432-5337-X
 * Von Bothmer, Bernard. Framing the Sixties: The Use and Abuse of a Decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush (U of Massachusetts Press, 2010).
 * Paul Waldman, Fraud: The Strategy Behind the Bush Lies and Why the Media Didn't Tell You (2004), ISBN 1-4022-0252-0
 * Ian Williams, Deserter: George Bush's War on Military Families, Veterans, and His Past (2004), ISBN 1-56025-627-3
 * Clint Willis, The I Hate George W. Bush Reader: Why Dubya Is Wrong About Absolutely Everything (2004), ISBN 1-56025-589-7
 * Bob Woodward, State of Denial (2006)
 * Bob Woodward, Bush At War (2002), ISBN 0-7432-4461-3
 * Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack (2004), ISBN 0-7432-5547-X
 * Daniel K. M. Yamashiro, Religious Influences on Crisis Presidential Decision-Making: A New Belief in the Operational Code Analysis of George W. Bush. (Harvard U thesis, 2017) online.
 * Ian Williams, Deserter: George Bush's War on Military Families, Veterans, and His Past (2004), ISBN 1-56025-627-3
 * Clint Willis, The I Hate George W. Bush Reader: Why Dubya Is Wrong About Absolutely Everything (2004), ISBN 1-56025-589-7
 * Bob Woodward, State of Denial (2006)
 * Bob Woodward, Bush At War (2002), ISBN 0-7432-4461-3
 * Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack (2004), ISBN 0-7432-5547-X
 * Daniel K. M. Yamashiro, Religious Influences on Crisis Presidential Decision-Making: A New Belief in the Operational Code Analysis of George W. Bush. (Harvard U thesis, 2017) online.
 * Ian Williams, Deserter: George Bush's War on Military Families, Veterans, and His Past (2004), ISBN 1-56025-627-3
 * Clint Willis, The I Hate George W. Bush Reader: Why Dubya Is Wrong About Absolutely Everything (2004), ISBN 1-56025-589-7
 * Bob Woodward, State of Denial (2006)
 * Bob Woodward, Bush At War (2002), ISBN 0-7432-4461-3
 * Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack (2004), ISBN 0-7432-5547-X
 * Daniel K. M. Yamashiro, Religious Influences on Crisis Presidential Decision-Making: A New Belief in the Operational Code Analysis of George W. Bush. (Harvard U thesis, 2017) online.

Historiography

 * Brands, Hal, and Peter Feaver. "The case for Bush revisionism: Reevaluating the legacy of America’s 43rd president." Journal of Strategic Studies 41.1-2 (2018): 234–274. online

Books about the 2000 election

 * Vincent Bugliosi, The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President (2001), ISBN 1-56025-355-X
 * Alan M. Dershowitz, Supreme Injustice: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000 (2001), ISBN 0-19-514827-4
 * H. Gillman, The Votes That Counted: How the Court Decided the 2000 Presidential Election (2001), ISBN 0-226-29408-0
 * Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post, et al., Deadlock: The Inside Story of America's Closest Election (2001), ISBN 1-58648-080-4
 * The New York Times, 36 Days: The Complete Chronicle of the 2000 Presidential Election Crisis (2001), ISBN 0-8050-6850-3
 * David North, The Crisis of American Democracy: The Presidential Elections of 2000 and 2004 (2004), ISBN 1-875639-36-5
 * Richard A. Posner, Breaking the Deadlock: The 2000 Election, the Constitution, and the Courts (2001), ISBN 0-691-09073-4
 * Jack N. Rakove (ed.), The Unfinished Election of 2000 (2002), ISBN 0-465-06838-3
 * Larry J. Sabato, Overtime! The Election 2000 Thriller (2001), ISBN 0-321-10028-X
 * Jake Tapper, Down and Dirty: The Plot to Steal the Presidency (2001), ISBN 0-316-83264-2
 * Jeffrey Toobin, Too Close to Call: The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election (2002), ISBN 0-375-76107-1

Books about the 2004 election

 * Bob Fitrakis, Did George W. Bush Steal America's 2004 Election? (2005), ISBN 0-9710438-9-2
 * Steve Freeman and Joel Bleifuss, Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?: Exit Polls, Election Fraud, and the Official Count (2005), ISBN 1-58322-687-7
 * Anita Miller, What Went Wrong In Ohio: The Conyers Report On The 2004 Presidential Election (2005), ISBN 0-89733-535-X
 * Mark Crispin Miller, Fooled Again (2005), ISBN 0-465-04579-0