TY  - BOOK
AU  - Phillips,Kevin
TI  - American dynasty: aristocracy, fortune, and the politics of deceit in the house of Bush 
SN  - 0670032646 (alk. paper)
AV  - E882 PHI
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Viking
KW  - Bush, George,
KW  - Bush, George W.
KW  - Bush family.
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Politicians
KW  - Aristocracy (Political science)
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Wealth
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Political corruption
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1945-1989
KW  - 1989-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 	Preface --
Introduction --
pt. 1. Family, Dynasty, and restoration --
ch. 1. The not-quite-royal family --
ch. 2. The dynastization of America --
ch. 3. The first American restoration --
pt. 2. Crony capitalism, covert operations, and compassionate conservatism --
ch. 4. Texanomics and compassionate conservatism --
ch. 5. The Enron-Halliburton administration --
ch. 6. Armaments and men : the Bush dynasty and the national security state --
pt. 3. Religion, oil, armaments, and war --
ch. 7. The American presidency and the rise of the Religious Right --
ch. 8. Indiana Bush and the axis of evil --
ch. 9. The wars of the Texas succession --
Afterword : Machiavelli and the American dynastic moment --
Acknowledgments --
appendix A. Armaments and the Walker-Bush Family, 1914-40 --
appendix B. Deception, dissimulation, and disinformation --
Notes --
Index
N2  - 	
A critical portrait of the Bush political dynasty describes their rise to power over the course of four generations, arguing that the Bush family has used its financial and social empire to gain the White House
ER  -