Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years
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“Shocking in its disclosures, elegantly crafted, and faultlessly measured in its judgments.”—Roger Morris, author of Richard Milhous Nixon and Partners in Power 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.
Foreword James Moore ix1 How Did Bush Happen? 12 Poppy's Secret 73 Viva Zapata 224 Where Was Poppy? 445 Oswald's Friend 676 The Hit 857 After Camelot 1198 Wings for W. 1349 The Nixonian Bushes 15910 Downing Nixon, Part I: The Setup 17511 Downing Nixon, Part II: The Execution 22012 In from the Cold 25313 Poppy's Proxy and the Saudis 28014 Poppy's Web 29915 The Handoff 31916 The Quacking Duck 33617 Playing Hardball 35818 Meet the Help 37019 The Conversion 39020 The Skeleton in W.'s Closet 40721 Shock and... Oil? 42322 Deflection for Reelection 44123 Domestic Disturbance 46624 Conclusion 491Afterword 495Author's Note 497Acknowledgments 498Notes 501Index 561
