num_pages: 403
description: The Bushes are the family nobody really knows. This popular lack of acquaintance-nurtured by gauzy imagery of Maine summer cottages, gray-haired national grandmothers, July 4th sparklers &amp; cowboy boots-has let national politics create a dynasticized presidency that would have horrified the Founders. After all, they'd led a revolution against a succession of royal Georges. Onetime Republican strategist Phillips reveals how four generations of Bushes have ascended the ladder of national power since WWI, becoming entrenched within the establishment-Yale, Wall Street, the Senate, the CIA, the vice presidency &amp; presidency-thru a recurrent flair for old-boy networking, national security involvement, criminality &amp; deception. By uncovering relationships &amp; connecting facts, Phillips comes to the conclusion that the Bush family has systematically used its financial &amp; social empire to gain the White House, subverting the very core of democracy. In their ambition, the Bushes ultimately reinvented themselves with facile timing, twisting &amp; turning from silver spoon Yankees to born-again evangelical Texans. As Jeb Bush considers a run for the presidency, American Dynasty explains what it all means.
language: English
title: American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush
titlecomplete: American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush
genres: Government, American History, Politics, Political Science, Nonfiction, Presidents, Journalism, History, United States, Biography
ratings_count: 850
publisher: Viking (NYC)