George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography

The rise of the Bush dynasty and the political career of George H.W. Bush
-- by: Webster Tarpley and Anton Chaitkin, 1991, source: Tarpley.net
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Introduction: American Caligula -- GatesRM *

George H.W. Bush as a modern day Roman Caesar.

Part I: Prescott Bush and Brown Brothers, Harriman

Prescott as Bonesman, Harriman agent, Nazi financier, and U.S. Senator (1913-62)

1. The House of Bush: Born in a Bank: Prescott Bush as partner of the Harriman and Walker clans (1913-1940)
2. The Hitler Project: Harriman-Walker-Bush business dealings with Nazi Germany (1920-42)
3. Race Hygiene: Three Bush Family Alliances: Bush-Draper-Farish-Gray involvement in the eugenics movement
4. The Center of Power is in Washington: Prescott Bush as a Senator and power broker in the post-war era (1944-62)

Part II: George Bush as an Ivy-League Student

Bush as a student at Andover, Yale, and Skull & Bones (1936-48)

5. Poppy and Mommy: George Bush as a student at Andover (1936-42)
6. Bush in World War II: Bush as a Naval aviator in the Pacific (1942-44)
7. Skull and Bones: The Racist Nightmare at Yale: Bush at Yale University and the Skulls and Bones society (1945-48)

Part III: George Bush in Texas

Bush as an oilman and Texas politician (1948-64)

8.1 The Permian Basin Gang: Bush and the Liedtke brothers in the Texas oil business (1948-59)
8.2 The Bay of Pigs and the Kennedy Assassination: Bush as a covert CIA operative during the early 1960s
9.1 Bush Challenges Yarborough for the Senate (part 1): Bush, Texas politics, and the Harris County GOP (1962-63)
9.2 Bush Challenges Yarborough for the Senate (part 2): Bush loses the 1964 Senate race in Texas

Part IV: George Bush goes to Washington

Bush as Congressman, Ambassador, RNC chairman, and CIA director (1965-76)

10.1 Rubbers Goes to Congress (part 1): Bush runs for Congress and wins a seat in the House (1965-68)
10.2 Rubbers Goes to Congress (part 2): Bush supports population control and runs for the Senate (1968-70)
11. United Nations Ambassador, Kissinger Clone: Bush as U.N. Ambassador during the Nixon Administration (1971-72)
12.1 Chairman George in Watergate (part 1): Bush as RNC Chairman during the Watergate Affair (1973)
12.2 Chairman George in Watergate (part 2): Bush helps force Nixon out of office (1974)
13. Bush Attempts the Vice Presidency, 1974: Ford picks Nelson Rockefeller over George Bush
14. Bush in Beijing: Bush as liason to China during the Cambodian massacre (1974-75)
15.1 CIA Director (part 1): Congressional scrutiny of the CIA and the Bush nomination (1975)
15.2 CIA Director (part 2): Executive counter-offensive and Bush as CIA Director (1976)

Part V: George Bush as co-President under Ronald Reagan

The 1980 campaign, the shooting of Reagan, the Iran-Contra affair (1980-87)

16.1 The Presidential Campaign 1980 (part 1): Bush puts together his campaign for the Presidency
16.2 The Presidential Campaign 1980 (part 2): Bush loses to Reagan. Carter loses to the Iran hostage ploy.
17. The Attempted Coup d'Etat of March 30, 1981: Reagan is shot and Bush assumes control of the White House
18.1 The Iran-Contra Affair (part 1): Bush plays a central role in the covert Nicaraguan war (1982-85)
18.2 The Iran-Contra Affair (part 2): The covert operation is blown, but Bush escapes the hearings (1986-87)
19. The Leveraged Buy-out Gang: Reagan/Bush economic policy encourages speculation and looting
20. The Phony War on Drugs: Public posturing to cover for drug trafficking and money laundering
21. Omaha: Bush associates implicated in the Franklin prostitution scandal (1988-89)

Part VI: George Bush as President

The 1988 campaign, the Panama invasion, the Gulf war with Iraq (1988-91)

22.1 Bush Takes the Presidency (part 1): Bush as a weak candidate with strong backers
22.2 Bush Takes the Presidency (part 2): Gary Hart exposed, Dan Quayle picked for VP, Bush defeats Dukakis
23.1 The End of History (part 1) -- GatesRM *: Bush administration policy and the S&L crisis (1989)
23.2 The End of History (part 2): Bush, Noriega and the invasion of Panama (1990)
24.1 The New World Order (part 1): Bush under pressure, the USSR collapses, Germany reunified
24.2 The New World Order (part 2): Iraq invades Kuwait, Bush prepares for war (1990)
24.3 The New World Order (part 3): The U.S. budget crisis and the Gulf War with Iraq (1990-91)
25.1 Thyroid Storm (part 1): Bush personality traits and his hyperthyroid disorder
25.2 Thyroid Storm (part 2): Bush temperment and fitness for office questioned

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