American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush

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2004
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This is an acerbic, withering account of the ascent of the Bush family to the pinnacle of the American political and social elite and the implications of the dynasty's hold on power for democracy in America. With an unerring instinct for fakery and humbug, Phillips traces the convoluted trail of Bush mendacity through three generations. The picture he paints of a family willing to do anything to hold power and a country so craven as to vote for it is both very funny and completely dismaying in equal measure.

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This is an acerbic, withering account of the ascent of the Bush family to the pinnacle of the American political and social elite and the implications of the dynasty's hold on power for democracy in America. With an unerring instinct for fakery and humbug, Phillips traces the convoluted trail of Bush mendacity through three generations. The picture he paints of a family willing to do anything to hold power and a country so craven as to vote for it is both very funny and completely dismaying in equal measure.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 30 Sep 2004
ISBN 10: 0141015772
ISBN 13: 9780141015774

Author Bio

Kevin Phillips was born in New York in 1940 .He is one of America's leading political commentators and is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio. He lives in Connecticut.