The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush Audiobook (Free)

An historian’s uncovering and intimate family portrait of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush that explores their relationship as presidents so that as dad and son-the first main biographical treatment of these two consequential presidents and figures in American background.

In 2016 the Republican base revolted against the GOP establishment that has been synonymous using the Bush name, choosing instead a politics neophyte and anti-establishment outsider as the standard bearer of their party. Donald about The Last Republicans: In the Outstanding Romantic relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush Trump’s election marked the end not merely of the presidential dynasty, but a rejection from the Republican principles and traditions the Bushes possess long championed. Despite the Republicans’ shock success in 2016, behind closed doors the party continues to be divided between traditional conservatives, populists, and radical ideologues, and faces an uncertain potential. As presidential historian Tag K. Updegrove argues, Bush 41 and 43 are in effect, the ‘last Republicans.’

With this balanced, illuminating publication, Updegrove tells the story of the Bushes’ relationship from the birth of George W. through their post-presidential years and Jeb Bush’s failed candidacy. Sketching on exclusive gain access to and interviews with both presidents and the main element people within their lives, Updegrove reveals the Bushes’ sights on the existing state of the country as well as the GOP, and the way the party they both led and helped build is going through a radical change. Finally, the famously circumspect Bushes present unvarnished observations and revelations on from George W. Bush’s youthful indiscretions towards the impact and perspectives that they had on each other’s administration with their views on Donald Trump-and how they each voted in the 2016 election.

A candid and often surprising portrait of two males, THE FINAL Republicans can be an elegy for the party of Reagan and Bush-and for the many thoughtful and prudent individuals who constructed the ‘establishment,’ and are conspicuously without today’s GOP.