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12. Cornelius Tacitus, <strong>The</strong> Annals of Imperial Rome (Penguin, 1962), pp. 193-221.<br />

13. Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, <strong>The</strong> Lives of the Twelve Caesars (New York: Modern Library, 1931), pp.<br />

165-204, passim.<br />

Chapter - I - <strong>The</strong> House of <strong>Bush</strong>: Born in a Bank<br />

Who is <strong>George</strong> <strong>Bush</strong>? How did he become the 41st U.S. President?<br />

He is said to be a man of the "old establishment," who "chose to seek his fortune as an<br />

independent oilman...." @s1<br />

In fact, <strong>Bush</strong> was never "independent." Every career step in his upward climb relied on<br />

his family's powerful associations. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bush</strong> family joined the Eastern Establishment<br />

comparatively recently, and only as servitors. <strong>The</strong>ir wealth and influence resulted from<br />

their loyalty to another, more powerful family, and their willingness to do anything to get<br />

ahead.<br />

For what they did, <strong>Bush</strong>'s forebears should have become very famous, or infamous. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

remained obscure figures, managers from behind the scenes. But their actions--including<br />

his father's role as banker for Adolf Hitler--had tragic effects for the whole planet.<br />

It was these services to his family's benefactors, which propelled <strong>George</strong> <strong>Bush</strong> to the top.<br />

Prescott Goes to War<br />

President <strong>George</strong> Herbert Walker <strong>Bush</strong> was born in 1924, the son of Prescott S. <strong>Bush</strong> and<br />

Dorothy Walker <strong>Bush</strong>. We will begin the <strong>George</strong> <strong>Bush</strong> story about a decade before his<br />

birth, on the eve of World War I. We will follow the career of his father, Prescott <strong>Bush</strong>,<br />

through his marriage with Dorothy Walker, on the path to fortune, elegance and power.

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