The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story Of War, Politics, And Religion At The Twilight Of The American Empire
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Product Description: 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. Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-07
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. Rating:
Date: 2008-07-06
The Great Derangement
This is a must read for anyone who wants to move beyond left and right. Great insight into how the executive, legislative and even the media have colluded to change the way we view events. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-29
Insight and Irony
I haven't finished reading it yet but I absolutely will. The stories are written with much irony as they reveal the wrong-way workings of our government, institutions, culture and minds. The insights are wonderful, help to define and explain why life doesn't work the way it should/used to. You can pick this book up and put it down in whatever increments you like but you won't put it away until you're sure you didn't miss anything. Then you'll GIVE it away. I recommend it. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-28
Frightening exposé of the everyday American
This is a humorous yet depressing look at the state of 21st century American society. The author theorizes that the convoluted inner workings of Washington has left the public at large clinging to absurd assumptions about just why the world has turned against them. Instead of attempting to fix the broken political process, the people portrayed throughout the book turn to ridiculous ideas of conspiracies and demonic presences around every corner.
Although a great read, the book at times resembles more of a series of rambling blog posts than a critical analysis. By the end of the book we understand more personally about the people encountered than we do about what brings them to their distorted viewpoints.
If you want to try and understand the mind of a radical fundamentalist Christian or someone who thinks 911 was an "inside job" then this is the book for you. Perhaps we all should because this is increasingly becoming the face of the average American. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-24
The Great Derangement
I wish I had not wasted my money on this book. His description of Congress is no doubt on target. As was his endless tales of Hagee's church in Texas and the various bible study classes he attended. But boring, on and on he goes, saying almost nothing really. He saves his most vitriolic statements for the 911 Truthers. He seems messianic in his crusade against them. What is that? I thru the book out 3/4 thru. |
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