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The Great Derangement : A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion by Matt Taibbi (2009, Trade Paperback)

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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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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
038552062x
ISBN-13
9780385520621
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038311290

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Book Title
Great Derangement : a Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion
Author
Matt Taibbi
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
American Government / Legislative Branch, Corruption & Misconduct, Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), General, Commentary & Opinion, United States / 21st Century, American Government / General, United States / General, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism, Eschatology
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Travel, Religion, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
8.3 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
E902.T345 2009
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PRAISE FOR THE GREAT DERANGEMENT " The Great Derangement is a scabrous, hilarious vivisection of our disintegrating nation. An unstinting reporter and sensational writer, Taibbi shines a light on the corruption, absurdities, and idiot pieties of modern American politics. Beneath his cynical fury, though, are flashes of surprising compassion for the adrift, credulous souls who are taken in by it all. I loved this book." Michelle Goldberg, author of Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism "Matt Taibbi is the best American journalism has to offer. As The Great Derangement shows, he has absolutely no shred of fear in confronting the corruption that plagues our government and exploring the desperation that is rising in America. And somehow, he pulls it off while making us simultaneously weep in sorrow and laugh our asses off." David Sirota, author of Hostile Takeover: How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Governmentand How We Take It Back "Where other mainstream news sources fail, Matt Taibbi madly embraces his role as an honest political observer/writer/citizen in a democracy. I would also like to take this opportunity to ask for Matt's hand in marriage." Janeane Garofalo, PRAISE FOR THE GREAT DERANGEMENT " The Great Derangement is a scabrous, hilarious vivisection of our disintegrating nation. An unstinting reporter and sensational writer, Taibbi shines a light on the corruption, absurdities, and idiot pieties of modern American politics. Beneath his cynical fury, though, are flashes of surprising compassion for the adrift, credulous souls who are taken in by it all. I loved this book." -Michelle Goldberg, author of Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism "Matt Taibbi is the best American journalism has to offer. As The Great Derangement shows, he has absolutely no shred of fear in confronting the corruption that plagues our government and exploring the desperation that is rising in America. And somehow, he pulls it off while making us simultaneously weep in sorrow and laugh our asses off." -David Sirota, author of Hostile Takeover: How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government-and How We Take It Back "Where other mainstream news sources fail, Matt Taibbi madly embraces his role as an honest political observer/writer/citizen in a democracy. I would also like to take this opportunity to ask for Matt's hand in marriage." -Janeane Garofalo
Copyright Date
2009
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2008-032429
Dewey Decimal
973.93
Dewey Edition
22

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I love Matt Taibbi but not in the biblical sense
lets clear up one thing first off. i love Matt's mind in an upton sinclair kind of way. i am biased towards folks who have the mental discipline to dig through a ton of baloney to come up with a good lookin dagwood sandwich. but i date myself. per the book in review, it was really swell in parts and enough enough is enough in other parts. my sense is Matt rambled through a couple of parallel universes and luckily, happily found a thread of where he started to close out the story. why use a chapter when a paragraph will do. so i end.

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