Author: Justin A. Frank
Translator: Seung-dong Han
Publisher: Gyo-yang-in
338 pages
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About This Book
"I don't spend a lot of time trying to figure me out. ... I'm just not into
psychobabble."
-- George W. Bush
For all his simplicity and affability, George W. Bush has remained, to
paraphrase Sir Winston Churchill, "a mystery wrapped in an enigma." In Bush on
the Couch, Dr. Justin A. Frank, a well-respected Washington, D.C.-based
psychoanalyst and professor of psychiatry, unwraps that mystery, assembling a
comprehensive psychological profile of President Bush. Using the principles of
applied psychoanalysis -- the discipline of psychoanalyzing public and
historical figures pioneered by Freud -- Frank fearlessly builds his case ...
and reaches conclusions that are at once highly persuasive and deeply
disturbing.
Through a close analysis of Bush's public statements and behavior, as well as
the historical record provided by journalists, biographers, and those who have
known the president well, Frank traces the development of Bush's character from
childhood to the present day. Examining closely the role of the president's
parents -- especially Barbara Bush, an acknowledged disciplinarian whose own
insecurities may have prevented her from adequately nurturing her son -- Frank
finds in Bush's childhood the roots of a dramatic psychic split that remains a
dominant influence on his adult worldview. Frank argues that this split has
inevitably hampered Bush's ability to manage his emotions, charging his psyche
with restless anxiety, and conditioning him to view the world in the
black-and-white terms that have so evidently shaped his administration.
Among the other subjects Frank explores:
- Bush's false sense of omnipotence, instilled within him during childhood and
emboldened by his deep investment in fundamentalist religion
- The president's history of untreated alcohol abuse, and the questions it
raises about denial, impairment, and the enabling streak in our culture
- The growing anecdotal evidence that Bush may suffer from dyslexia, ADHD, and
other thought disorders
- His comfort living outside the law, defying international law in his
presidency as boldly as he once defied DUI statutes and military reporting
requirements
- His love-hate relationship with his father, and how it triggered a complex and
dangerous mix of feelings including yearning, rivalry, anger, and sadism
- Bush's rigid and simplistic thought patterns, paranoia, and megalomania -- and
how they have driven him to invent adversaries so that he can destroy them
At once a compelling portrait of George W. Bush and a damning indictment of his
policies, Bush on the Couch sheds startling new light on an administration whose
record of violence and cruelty seems increasingly dependent on the unstable
psyche of the man at its center. Insightful and accessible, courageous and
controversial, Bush on the Couch tackles the question no one seems willing to
ask: Is our president psychologically fit to run the country?
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