American Dynasty by Kevin Phillips Author of Wealth and Democracy. Hardcover book measures about 6 1/2 inches wide by 9 1/2 inches long it has 397 pages.
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Despite their years in the political limelight, the Bushes are the family nobody really knows so contends Kevin Phillips, one time Republican strategist and one of the country's premier political and economic commentators. The cozy imagery of Maine summer cottages, a gray haired national grandmother, and cowboy boots has emphasized comforting family values. It has also distracted us from the fact that the Bush family has used all its resources to create a political dynasty that has gained the White House to further its family and ideological agenda, which would have horrified America's founding father. They, after all, led a revolution against a succession of Royal Georges.
In this bitting book, Phillips reveals how four generations of Bushes, beginning with the original alliance between George Herbert Walker and Samuel P. Bush have ascended the ladder of national power since World War I, solidifying their place in the American establishment at Yale, on Wall Street, in the Senate, The CIA, the Vice Presidency, and the White House. The Bush family has never produced a Doctor, Judge, Teacher, Scholar, or Lawyer of note. As far back as World War I, the family's single minded focus has been on three major areas: Intelligence, Energy, and National Security. It is no coincidence that these three categories of Bush family operations were also three of the key enterprises of the American twentieth century.
