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American Dynasty : Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush
ISBN: 9780143034315 | 0143034316
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Pub. Date: 9/30/2004
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The Bushes are the family nobody really knows, says Kevin Phillips. This popular lack of acquaintance-nurtured by gauzy imagery of Maine summer cottages, gray-haired national grandmothers, July Fourth sparklers, and cowboy boots-has let national politics create a dynasticized presidency that would have horrified America's founding fathers. They, after all, had led a revolution against a succession of royal Georges. In this devastating book, onetime Republican strategist Phillips reveals how four generations of Bushes have ascended the ladder of... MORE
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| Afterword: Machiavelli and the American Dynastic Moment | 320 | (13) | |||
| Acknowledgments | 333 | (2) | |||
| Appendix A: Armaments and the Walker-Bush Family, 1914--40 | 335 | (8) | |||
| Appendix B: Deception, Dissimulation, and Disinformation | 343 | (6) | |||
| Notes | 349 | (24) | |||
| Index | 373 |
Kevin Phillips has been a political and economic commentator for more than three decades. A former White House strategist, he is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times and NPR and writes for Harper’s and Time. His books include New York Times bestsellers The Politics of Rich and Poor and Wealth and Democracy.
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