{"product_id":"house-of-bush-house-of-saud","title":"House Of Bush, House Of Saud","description":"Description for HOUSE OF BUSH, HOUSE OF SAUD:  THE SECRET RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE WORLD'S TWO MOST POWERFUL DYNASTIES by Craig Unger: \u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\nNewsbreaking and controversial -- an award-winning investigative journalist uncovers the thirty-year relationship\r\n\r\nbetween the Bush family and the House of Saud and\r\n\r\nexplains its impact on American foreign policy, business,\r\n\r\nand national security.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\n\"House of Bush, House of Saud\" begins with a politically\r\n\r\nexplosive question: How is it that two days after 9\/11,\r\n\r\nwhen U.S. air traffic was tightly restricted, 140 Saudis,\r\n\r\nmany immediate kin to Osama Bin Laden, were permitted to\r\n\r\nleave the country without being questioned by U.S. intelligence?\r\n\r\nThe answer lies in a hidden relationship that began in the\r\n\r\n1970s, when the oil-rich House of Saud began courting\r\n\r\nAmerican politicians in a bid for military protection, influence,\r\n\r\nand investment opportunity. With the Bush family, the Saudis\r\n\r\nhit a gusher -- direct access to presidents Reagan, George H.W.\r\n\r\nBush, and George W. Bush. To trace the amazing weave of Saud-\r\n\r\nBush connections, Unger interviewed three former directors of\r\n\r\nthe CIA, top Saudi and Israeli intelligence officials, and more\r\n\r\nthan one hundred other sources. His access to major players is\r\n\r\nunparalleled and often exclusive -- including executives at the\r\n\r\nCarlyle Group, the giant investment firm where the House of\r\n\r\nBush and the House of Saud each has a major stake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\nLike Bob Woodward's \"The Veil,\" Unger's \"House of Bush, House\r\n\r\nof Saud\" features unprecedented reportage; like Michael Moore's\r\n\r\n\"Dude, Where's My Country?\" Unger's book offers a political\r\n\r\ncounter-narrative to official explanations; this deeply sourced\r\n\r\naccount has already been cited by Senators Hillary Rodham\r\n\r\nClinton and Charles Schumer, and sets 9\/11, the two Gulf Wars,\r\n\r\nand theongoing Middle East crisis in a new context: What\r\n\r\nreally happened when America's most powerful political family\r\n\r\nbecame seduced by its Saudi counterparts?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Connies Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42955074142424,"sku":"9780743253376","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/9099\/4904\/products\/HouseOfBush.jpg?v=1655004457","url":"https:\/\/conniesbookshelf.com\/products\/house-of-bush-house-of-saud","provider":"Connies Bookshelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}