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Title: The Bushes : Portrait of a Dynasty by Rochelle Schweizer, Peter Schweizer ISBN: 0-385-49863-2 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 06 April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A New Standard Has Been Set
Comment: The Schweizers have managed to give us rare, behind-the-scenes access to the most private of families--the Bushes. This book is not only top-rate scholarship, it reads with all the swiftness and intrigue of a novel. Moreover, it's fair. In our increasingly polarized political landscape, it's nice to see scholars who exhibit balance and objectivity. Historians and political scientists alike will not be able to write future books on the Bushes without relying heavily on this treatise. A new standard has been set.
Rating: 5
Summary: Well Written and Objective History of the Bush Family
Comment: This well-written and meticulously researched book explores several generations of the Bush and Walker families, starting with President George W. Bush's great-grandfather, S.P. Bush. I was as impressed by the authors' detailed and intimate portraits of the Bush family members as I was by their overall balanced portrayals. Although clearly written by admirers of the Bush family - among whom I count myself - this is a no-holds-barred history and nothing of importance is left out. From the family's sometimes problematic foreign business relationships before and during World War II, to the complex and competitive relationships between President Bush, his brother, Governor Jeb Bush, and their father President George H.W. Bush, it is all explored here in great, yet always readable, detail.
The Bush and Walker family business contacts (and admirers) have been incredibly extensive over the generations and have included, among others, the Kennedys, the Harriman's, Eisenhower, Nixon and of course Reagan, as well as an impressive list of world and business leaders from China, the Middle East, Europe and South America. The Bushes have established perhaps the largest network of supporters and financial contributors of any family in American history - rivaling or surpassing anything ever established by either political party itself.
Most fascinating is the authors' exploration of the Walker side of the family. While the Bushes refuse to emphasize the individual over the family, the Walkers are presented as sometimes larger than life, brimming with self-confidence, charisma and the ability - and perhaps the need - to take great, yet calculated, risks. It is easy to see that President George Walker Bush gets more than just his middle name from this side of the family (although, as the authors point out, he also gets more than a little dose of that from his mother Barbara as well).
Also interesting is the fact that numerous male Bush family members (Prescott, George H.W., and George W., among others) have turned not to their fathers but to their uncles and other male relatives for guidance at the beginning of their business and political careers. And, as each succeeding generation has drifted further away from the "elite Eastern establishment," the Bushes have become both more conservative and more open about their deeply held religious beliefs. Each has also married strong woman (Dorothy, Barbara and now Laura) who have melded seamlessly into the Bush family, but who have asserted powerful stabilizing influences over their husbands and children.
Overall, this is a fascinating account of the Bush family. Those looking for a better understanding of what motivates the current President and his family, and how the family got to where it is today, will be richly rewarded. On the other hand, those looking to the Bush family history as a means to bash or criticize this President had best look elsewhere. You'll come away from this book with a deep respect for this highly competitive yet public-minded family.
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Title: House of Bush, House of Saud : The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties by Craig Unger ISBN: 074325337X Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 16 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Ten Minutes from Normal by Karen Hughes ISBN: 0670033057 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 30 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Reflections: Life After the White House by Barbara Bush ISBN: 0743223594 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 20 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: The President of Good and Evil: The Ethics of George W. Bush by Peter Singer ISBN: 0525948139 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: 08 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Perfect Wife: The Life and Choices of Laura Bush by Ann Gerhart ISBN: 0743243838 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 12 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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