| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Family, Dynasty, and restoration -- ch. 1. The not-quite-royal family -- ch. 2. The dynastization of America -- ch. 3. The first American restoration -- pt. 2. Crony capitalism, covert operations, and compassionate conservatism -- ch. 4. Texanomics and compassionate conservatism -- ch. 5. The Enron-Halliburton administration -- ch. 6. Armaments and men : the Bush dynasty and the national security state -- pt. 3. Religion, oil, armaments, and war -- ch. 7. The American presidency and the rise of the Religious Right -- ch. 8. Indiana Bush and the axis of evil -- ch. 9. The wars of the Texas succession -- Afterword : Machiavelli and the American dynastic moment -- Acknowledgments -- appendix A. Armaments and the Walker-Bush Family, 1914-40 -- appendix B. Deception, dissimulation, and disinformation -- Notes -- Index. . |
