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"Phillips, a former White House strategist and long-time commentator for National Public Radio, published this 2004 study of the Bush family going back to the current President's grandfathers and great-grandfathers, whose colleagues were involved in shipbuilding and armaments and helped Germany build its strength before the Second World War. Phillips shows how spying, dishonesty about one's background and business dealings, multiple loyalties, and preoccupation with profits and oil go deep into the Bush family roots, and he likens their search for power to royal European dynasties and restorations of the 18th and 19th centuries. "
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Plot
job/profession:
- businessman
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Politician story?
- Right wing pol fighting left wing
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
- Washington D.C.
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
- fort/military installation
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- concerned
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- capitalism
- war
- wicked white people
- wicked rich people
Writer's slant towards subject:
- somewhat unfavorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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