Research Catalog

Title

The great derangement : a terrifying true story of war, politics, and religion at the twilight of the American empire / Matt Taibbi.

Author

Taibbi, Matt.

Publication

New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2008.

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Details

Description

269 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

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.--From publisher description.

Subject

• Taibbi, Matt > Travel
• United States. Congress > Decision making
• 2001-2011
• Political culture > United States
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives, American
• Left-wing extremists > United States
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Causes
• Big churches > Texas > San Antonio
• End of the world > Social aspects > Texas > San Antonio
• United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009
• United States > Description and travel

Genre/Form

• Personal narratives
• Personal narratives – American
• Récits personnels.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Born again -- Congressional interlude I, or Inside the halls of derangement -- The longest three days of my life -- Baghdad interlude, or The derangement at war -- Discover the difference -- Congressional interlude II, or Democrats seize the reins of the derangement -- Bible study -- Conspiracy interlude I, or 9/11 and the derangement of truth -- Peak experience -- Conspiracy interlude II, or The derangement of the American left -- Practice, practice, practice -- Conspiracy interlude III, or The derangement of the peace movement -- The end.

ISBN

9780385520348 (hardcover)

LCCN

^^2007043204

OCLC

• 166380137
• SCSB-10238639

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library