American Dynasty

Description

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.

First Sentence

The power of the American presidency-and, for that matter, its awesome centrality in the world-burgeoned in the first years of the twenty-first century, especially after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Subjects

Other Editions

• American DynastyHardcoverAllen Lane2004-01-12
• American DynastyPenguin Publishing Group2004-01-01
• American DynastyPenguin Publishing Group2004-01-01
• American DynastyPenguin Books, Limited2004-01-01
• American DynastyPenguin Books2004-09-07
• American DynastyPenguin Books2004-09-07