After eight disastrous years, George W. Bush leaves office as one of the most unpopular presidents in American history. Baker goes deep behind the scenes to deliver an arresting new look at the Bush legacy, and the network of figures in intelligence, military, finance, and oil who enabled the Bush family's rise to power.

Reviews

Praise for "Family of Secrets: ""One of the most important books of the past ten years."--Gore Vidal

"A tour de force ... "Family of Secrets" has made me rethink even those events I witnessed with my own eyes."--Dan Rather

"Shocking in its disclosures, elegantly crafted, and faultlessly measured in its judgments, "Family of Secrets" is nothing less than a first historic portrait in full of the Bush dynasty and the era it shaped. From revelation to revelation, insight to insight--from the Kennedy assassination to Watergate to the oil and financial intrigues that lie behind today's headlines--this is a sweeping drama of money and power, unseen forces, and the emblematic triumph of a lineage that sowed national tragedy. Russ Baker's "Family of Secrets" is sure to take its place as one of the most startling and influential works of American history and journalism."--Roger Morris, former senior staff member, National Security Council, and author of "Richard Milhous Nixon: The