· Weisberg analyses Bush through familial, personal, political and historical relationships, and examines how his idolisation of Reagan and his devout Christianity led to widely condemned policy decisions that have fundamentally changed the role and position of the US. The Bush Tragedy is a razor-sharp character study of one of the most. · The Bush Tragedy by Jacob Weisberg. Click here for the lowest price! Audio CD, , Indeed, there is a purloined letter in almost every chapter of The Bush Tragedy. The elusive letter is most obviously revealed in the opening chapter, where the key to George W. Bush's destiny is to be found in his middle initial. According to Weisberg's version of the family story, "W" is the product of two family traditions, the Bushes and /5(82).
The Bush Tragedy: The Unmaking of a President. by Jacob Weisberg. Bloomsbury £, pp It is irresistible to think of Hollywood turning this scintillating thesis of book into a big-screen. Jacob Weisberg: The Bush Tragedy Roundup: Media's Take [Excerpt from Weisberg's new book, The Bush Tragedy.] There's some support for the dynastic reading that George W. Bush intended to invade. The Bush Tragedy. Jacob Weisberg. Random House Publishing Group, - Biography Autobiography - pages. 9 Reviews. This is the book that cracks the code of the Bush presidency. Unstintingly yet compassionately, and with no political ax to grind, Slate editor in chief Jacob Weisberg methodically and objectively examines the family.
‘The Bush Tragedy’ Jacob Weisberg Credit Kathleen Kincaid. Wealth for Prescott Bush was a lever rather than a yardstick. He deplored people who took their servants for granted or used. Weisberg gives the tragedy a historical and literary frame, comparing Bush not just to previous American leaders, but also to Shakespeare’s Prince Hal, who rises from ne’er-do-well youth to become. But Weisberg provides few reasons to think it has been a tragedy for Bush himself. He portrays Bush as a willfully careless figure, only glancingly interested in his legacy or even his popularity.
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