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Family of Secrets
The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America

by Russ Baker

     

Author Russ Baker details evidence about the history of the Bush family that many people, if not most, will have never read or heard of before.  He conducted what was evidently a lengthy and painstaking investigation, and backs up his research with a well-annotated 58-page list of sources and dates.

Conspiracy theorists and history buffs alike will enjoy reading all about the Bush clan’s finances, politics and connections to intelligence agencies.  It is clear that the author must have an encyclopedic memory to be able to keep all of the information in this book categorized so that the reader can follow along.  The cast of characters is huge, and I was somewhat taken aback by just how deeply the "good old boys" network seems to run.

I found one of the more interesting aspects in a letter that Barbara Bush apparently wrote while she was at her hairdresser’s.  She was writing to family when the news announced that President John F Kennedy had been shot.  The letter continues on as she learns that the President has died, and she even comments that she and Poppy (George H. W. Bush) hope that it is "not some far right, but a commie nut."  They also hope that "it is not a Texan and not even an American."

Family of Secrets goes deep under the cover of the Bush’s relationships with the oil industry and explains in great depth how the big business financiers and the covert intelligence machines worked hard to groom George W. Bush to follow in his father’s footsteps, and to make certain that they keep control and domination over whomever is in the White House.   While some may find this shocking and feel disbelief, I found the amount of work that went into verification of facts in this book makes it ring true.  It was a compelling read by an award-winning investigative journalist, and I recommend it to anyone who wants a larger picture of politics in the United States over the past several decades.

The Book

Bloomsbury Press
2008
Hardcover
978-1596915572
History & Biography
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The Reviewer

Laura Hinds
Reviewed 2009
NOTE: Reviewer Laura Hinds is an experienced freelance writer whose first novel, Are You Gonna Eat That Banana, just came out in 2009.
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