Family of Secrets The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years

Name: Family of Secrets The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years
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ISBN: 9781608190065

ISBN-10: 1608190064

ISBN-13: 9781608190065

Edition: 2009

Authors: Russ Baker

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"Shocking in its disclosures, elegantly crafted, and faultlessly measured in its judgments."Roger Morris, author ofRichard Milhous NixonandPartners in PowerHow did the deeply flawed George W. Bush ascend to the highest office in the nation, what forces abetted his rise, andperhaps most importanthave those forces really been vanquished by Obama's election? Award-winning investigative journalist Russ Baker gives us the answers inFamily of Secrets, a compelling and startling new take on the Bush dynasty and the shadowy elite that has quietly steered the American republic for the past half century and more. Baker shows how this network of figures in intelligence, the military, oil, and finance…

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List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 11/17/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.20" long x 1.60" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Award-winning investigative journalistRuss Bakerhas written for theNew Yorker,Vanity Fair, theNew York Times, theNation, theLos Angeles Times, theWashington Post, andEsquire, and served asColumbia Journalism Reviewcontributing editor. Baker’s appearances include NPR, Fox News, and Air America. In 2005, he founded the Real News Project, a nonprofit investigative news organization. His exclusive reporting on George W. Bush’s military record received a 2005 Deadline Club award.



Foreword




How Did Bush Happen?



Poppy's Secret



Viva Zapata



Where Was Poppy?



Oswald's Friend



The Hit



After Camelot



Wings for W.



The Nixonian Bushes



Downing Nixon, Part I: The Setup



Downing Nixon, Part II: The Execution



In from the Cold



Poppy's Proxy and the Saudis



Poppy's Web



The Handoff



The Quacking Duck



Playing Hardball



Meet the Help



The Conversion



The Skeleton in W.'s Closet



Shock and... Oil?



Deflection for Reelection



Domestic Disturbance



Conclusion


Afterword


Author's Note


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index