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This collection of essays by the author of "Smoke and Mirrors" covers everything from America's fear and loathing of the sixties to Nixon's secret love affair with Elvis; from the Reagan gerontocracy's "theology of greed" to the Gulf War "turkey shoot"; from riots in Los Angeles to "ethnic cleansing" at the 1992 Republican Convention.

Produktbeschreibung
This collection of essays by the author of "Smoke and Mirrors" covers everything from America's fear and loathing of the sixties to Nixon's secret love affair with Elvis; from the Reagan gerontocracy's "theology of greed" to the Gulf War "turkey shoot"; from riots in Los Angeles to "ethnic cleansing" at the 1992 Republican Convention.
Autorenporträt
John Leonard (1939-2008) is the author of The Last Innocent White Man in America and Smoke and Mirrors (both published by The New Press). He was editor of the New York Times Book Review, literary co-editor of The Nation , and now appeared weekly on CBS Sunday Morning and in New York.