American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy

1042 Pages·2022·4.761 MB·English

by  David Corn

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Corn, David, author.
Title: American psychosis : a historical investigation of how
the Republican Party went crazy / David Corn.
Description: First edition. | New York : Twelve, 2022. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022020667 | ISBN 9781538723050
(hardcover) | ISBN 9781538723074 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) | Conspiracy
theories—Psychological aspects—United States. | Conspiracy
theories—Political aspects—United States. | Right-wing
extremists—United States. | United States—Politics and
government.
Classification: LCC JK2356 .C697 2022 | DDC 324.2734—
dc23/eng/20220701
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022020667
ISBNs: 978-1-5387-2305-0 (hardcover), 978-1-5387-2307-4
(ebook)
E3-20220723-JV-NF-ORI
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Introduction: Two Mobs
Chapter 1. Backstory I: The Rise and Decline of the Grand
Old Party
Chapter 2. Backstory II: Fear and Loathing in America
Chapter 3. The General and the Scoundrel
Chapter 4. No Good Birchers
Chapter 5. In Your Heart
Chapter 6. Keeping the Kooks Quiet
Chapter 7. “Bring Us Together”
Chapter 8. Ratfucking America
Chapter 9. “Make Them Angry”
Chapter 10. Onward Christian Soldiers
Chapter 11. Let’s Make America Great Again
Chapter 12. Reaganland
Chapter 13. Morning (and Nazis) in America
Chapter 14. Not Kinder or Gentler
Chapter 15. Spiritual Warfare
Chapter 16. The Clinton Chronicles
Chapter 17. A Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy
Chapter 18. Fortunate Son
Chapter 19. What We Deserve
Chapter 20. Going Rogue
Chapter 21. Feed the Beast
Chapter 22. The Fever Doesn’t Break
Chapter 23. “I Am Your Voice”
Chapter 24. Very Fine People
Epilogue: The Aftermath
Acknowledgments
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About the Author
Source Notes
Bibliography
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