The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War,

The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion
- The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion
- ABIS BOOK
- Random House
A REVELATORY AND DARKLY COMIC ADVENTURE THROUGH A NATION ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWNâ€”FROM THE HALLS OF CONGRESS TO THE BASES OF BAGHDAD TO THE APOCALYPTIC CHURCHES OF THE HEARTLAND

Rolling Stoneâ€™s Matt Taibbi set out to describe the nature of George Bushâ€™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 offâ€”or radicalizedâ€”by electoral chicanery, a spineless news media, and the increasingly blatant lies from our leaders (â€œthey hate us for our freedomâ€) 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.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780385520621
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2009-01-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385520621

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780385520621
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2009-01-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780385520621

The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion

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