Anne Nelson (1) (1954–)
Author of Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler
For other authors named Anne Nelson, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Anne Nelson has received a Livingston Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Bellagio Fellowship, and an Associated Church Press Award for her journalism. She has taught at Columbia University for over two decades. Her previous books include Red Orchestra, a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice; show more and Suzanne's Children, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. A native of Oklahoma, she lives in New York City. show less
Image credit: Author Anne Nelson at the 2019 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, United States. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83644589
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I would call it a sister to Jane Mayer’s “Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right.”
And it explains Republicans’ intransigence on even minor matters of public policy.
While indeed money fuels American politics, it is the demonstration of an ideological purity that keeps elected officers in line.
And it is so ironic that the American system was designed to prevent this very scenario where religious ideologues could have such a domineering say over public policy.
There are some very cynical people at the heart of the American radical right, no better than some of the Eastern European leaders or trans-Asian republic potentates, or Putin or royal families of the Middle East.
I happened to be reading this book at the same time I am engrossed in a podcast series about the misbehaviour of Becki and Jerry Falwell Jr. and Falwell’s unwholesome management of Liberty University of Lynchburg, Virginia.
Donald Trump embraced these people because they brought him to power. And Trump in turn gave them the influence over public policy they had coveted for decades.
But they are as awful as he is. And the election of Biden will not stop them.… (more)