Phillips, a former White House strategist and long-time commentator for National Public Radio, published this 2004 study of the Bush family going back to the current President's grandfathers and great-grandfathers, whose colleagues were involved in shipbuilding and armaments and helped Germany build its strength before the Second World War. Phillips shows how spying, dishonesty about one's background and business dealings, multiple loyalties, and preoccupation with profits and oil go deep into the Bush family roots, and he likens their search for power to royal European dynasties and restorations of the 18th and 19th centuries. | ||
Plot & Themes job/profession: Job/profession/poverty story Yes Politician story? - Right wing pol fighting left wing Period of greatest activity? - 1950+ Subject of Biography Gender - Male Profession/status: Ethnicity - White Nationality - American Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 () United States Yes The US: - Texas - Northeast City? Yes City: - wealthy - Washington D.C. Misc setting - Fancy Mansion - fort/military installation Century: - 1980's-Present Writing Style Book makes you feel? - concerned Pictures/Illustrations? - None How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 51%-75% of book |