The not-quite-royal family -- The dynastization of America -- The first American restoration -- Texanomics and compassionate conservatism -- The Enron-Halliburton administration -- Armaments and men : the Bush dynasty and the national security state -- The American presidency and the rise of the Religious Right -- Indiana Bush and the axis of evil -- The wars of the Texas succession -- Afterword : Machiavelli and the American dynastic moment.