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The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.93
EAN: 9780385520348
ISBN: 0385520344
Label: Spiegel & Grau
Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: May 06, 2008
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Release Date: May 06, 2008
Studio: Spiegel & Grau
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Editorial Review:A REVELATORY AND DARKLY COMIC ADVENTURE THROUGH A NATION ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN—FROM THE HALLS OF CONGRESS TO THE BASES OF BAGHDAD TO THE APOCALYPTIC CHURCHES OF THE HEARTLAND
Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi set out to describe the nature of George Bush’s America in the post-9/11 era and ended up vomiting demons in an evangelical church in Texas, riding the streets of Baghdad in an American convoy to nowhere, searching for phantom fighter jets in Congress, and falling into the rabbit hole of the 9/11 Truth Movement.
Matt discovered in his travels across the country that the resilient blue state/red state narrative of American politics had become irrelevant. A large and growing chunk of the American population was so turned off—or radicalized—by electoral chicanery, a spineless news media, and the increasingly blatant lies from our leaders (“they hate us for our freedom”) that they abandoned the political mainstream altogether. They joined what he calls The Great Derangement.
Taibbi tells the story of this new American madness by inserting himself into four defining American subcultures: The Military, where he finds himself mired in the grotesque black comedy of the American occupation of Iraq; The System, where he follows the money-slicked path of legislation in Congress; The Resistance, where he doubles as chief public antagonist and undercover member of the passionately bonkers 9/11 Truth Movement; and The Church, where he infiltrates a politically influential apocalyptic mega-ministry in Texas and enters the lives of its desperate congregants. Together these four interwoven adventures paint a portrait of a nation dangerously out of touch with reality and desperately searching for answers in all the wrong places.
Funny, smart, and a little bit heartbreaking, The Great Derangement is an audaciously reported, sobering, and illuminating portrait of America at the end of the Bush era.
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Rating:  - "Seem like every time you stop and turn around, something else just hit the ground"
An anecdote in journalist Matt Taibbi's book THE GREAT DERANGEMENT proves a snapshot of what's wrong with America. Covering the United States Congress in action, Taibbi witnesses legislation that is nothing more than a gift to well-off campaign contributors. Without shame, lawmakers approve it. The author attends a press conference regarding the bill where journalists ask zero tough questions, leaving the public they purportedly serve to figure out there's nothing in this for them except the tab ... Read More
Rating:  - Not that good, No bang for the buck.
Kind of a blah book with no continuity or anything positive to say. Very cynical and I didn't enjoy it...I'm selling my copy on ebay for 1.00
Rating:  - Just a Great Read
This book had me rolling with laughter and crying like a baby! What Taibbi exposes in a wild and hysterical way is the idiocy of the general public. The stuff about Hagee's "church" is frightening and funny. C'mon, throwing up the "demon of anal fissures"! How is that not funny!? That people can be so easily fooled and led like sheep is scary. And the 9/11 truthers - just go need to go away. What Taibbi exposes about how Congress really works is just plain sad. This country is in it deep and we may ... Read More
Rating: - Entertaining, but not enlightening.
The narrative is at times, laugh-out-loud funny, and is certainly entertaining and readable. Taibbi holds no punches. He is a bit unfair to religion and it is obvious that he is "left-of-center." He is almost gentle with the Dems. in this book, which kind of taints the whole point he is trying to make: the deranged are everywhere.
Rating: - The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire
This book is both funny and scary. It gives a personal review of encounters with everyday Americans. People
who are good, kind, but share a lunacy that makes you wonder whether America is really in its twilight.
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