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

29 de ago. de 2020 · 1h 9s

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How did the deeply flawed George W. Bush ascend to the highest office in the nation, what forces abetted his rise, and-perhaps most important-have those forces really been vanquished by...

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How did the deeply flawed George W. Bush ascend to the highest office in the nation, what forces abetted his rise, and-perhaps most important-have those forces really been vanquished by Obama's election? Award-winning investigative journalist Russ Baker gives us the answers in Family 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 enabled-and in turn benefited handsomely from-the Bushes' perch at the highest levels of government. As Baker reveals, this deeply entrenched elite remains in power regardless of who sits in the Oval Office.
Family of Secrets offers countless disclosures that challenge the conventional accounts of such central events as the JFK assassination and Watergate. It includes an inside account of George W.'s cynical religious conversion and the untold real background to the disastrous response to Hurricane Katrina. Baker's narrative is gripping, sobering, and deeply sourced. It will change the way we understand not just the Bush years, but a half century of postwar history-and the present

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SeawaySensFan

hace 3 años

Thanks again for the Hatemonger interview. Great guest.

Tracy

hace 3 años

YES! WE HAVE TO TALJ ABOUT THIS! Amen!

Kat

hace 3 años

I second that! i definitely need tobuy this book. this guy really seems to understand the constant fluctuation of economic/political power

Tracy

hace 3 años

☺

Kat

hace 3 años

Ha!

Tracy

hace 3 años

I really have to read this. Thoroughly enjoyed. Thanks.

Tracy

hace 3 años

Clinton got that NAFTA passed. The end of the world as we knew it Part XXXCVI.

Kat

hace 3 años

oh wow dealey

Kat

hace 3 años

Tracy, I feel you!

Tracy

hace 3 años

This IS great. If I had a dime for every time I tried to explain the depravity of the bushes...sigh

Kat

hace 3 años

it's called the "business plot" - this guy is great

Kat

hace 3 años

hey Tracy!

Tracy

hace 3 años

Hi Kat. Hi Ed. I thought it was Thursday.

Kat

hace 3 años

barbara bushes mother wasa model????? interesting

The Opperman Report

hace 3 años

awww

Kat

hace 3 años

tell me about it; i was bombarded today with all the assholes of the world.

The Opperman Report

hace 3 años

long week

The Opperman Report

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long day

The Opperman Report

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Kat

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Hi! Happy Friday! 😄

The Opperman Report

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