Fear
by Bob Woodward | 
Crisis of Character
by Gary J. Byrne | 
The Amateur
by Edward Klein | 
Leadership
by Doris Kearns Goodwin | 
Blood Feud
by Edward Klein | 
Grant
by Ron Chernow | 
The Devil's Chessboard
by David Talbot | 
East West Street
by Philippe Sands | 
The Assassination of Fred Hampton
by Jeffrey Haas | 
No Place to Hide
by Glenn Greenwald | 
The Reagan Diaries
by Ronald Reagan | 
James Madison
by Lynne Cheney | 
Blacklisted by History
by M. Stanton Evans | 
Lincoln at Gettysburg
by Garry Wills | 
American Lion
by Jon Meacham | 
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
by Peter Matthiessen | 
Ida: A Sword Among Lions
by Paula J. Giddings | 
Reagan's War
by Peter Schweizer | 
Lion of Jordan
by Avi Shlaim | 
Devil's Bargain
by Joshua Green |
The Bushes are the family nobody really knows. This popular lack of acquaintance-nurtured by gauzy imagery of Maine summer cottages, gray-haired national grandmothers, July 4th sparklers & cowboy boots-has let national politics create a dynasticized presidency that would have horrified the Founders. After all, they'd led a revolution against a succession of royal Georges. Onetime Republican strategist Phillips reveals how four generations of Bushes have ascended the ladder of national power since WWI, becoming entrenched within the establishment-Yale, Wall Street, the Senate, the CIA, the vice presidency & presidency-thru a recurrent flair for old-boy networking, national security involvement, criminality & deception. By uncovering relationships & connecting facts, Phillips comes to the conclusion that the Bush family has systematically used its financial & social empire to gain the White House, subverting the very core of democracy. In their ambition, the Bushes ultimately reinvented themselves with facile timing, twisting & turning from silver spoon Yankees to born-again evangelical Texans. As Jeb Bush considers a run for the presidency, American Dynasty explains what it all means.