Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics
by Glenn Greenwald
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A former constitutional law attorney looks beyond the right wing's pre-election propaganda to expose the fraud behind the image created by the Republican Party for their presidential candidates and to reveal the truth behind the myths and hoaxes they perpetrate.Tags
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Mr Greenwald punctures some of the myths surrounding some of the rights 20th century "heroes."
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Glenn Greenwald is a former constitutional law and civil rights litigator. He was a columnist for The Guardian until October 2013 and is now a founding editor of The Intercept. He has won numerous awards for his NSA reporting including the 2013 Polk Award, the Esso Award for Excellence in Reporting, and the 2013 Pioneer Award. He also received the show more first annual I. F. Stone Award for Independent Journalism in 2009 and a 2010 Online Journalism Award for his investigative work on the arrest and detention of Chelsea Manning. In 2013, he led the Guardian reporting that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service. He has written several books including How Would a Patriot Act: Defending American Values from a President Run Amok, With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful, and No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U. S. Surveillance State. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- For the past three decades, American politics has been driven by a bizarre anomaly. Polls continuously show that on almost every issue, Americans vastly prefer the policies of the Democratic Party to those of the Republican P... (show all)arty. Yet during that time, Republicans have won the majority of elections. -Preface
The Great American Hypocrites of the right wing have a long and storied history. -Chapter One: The John Wayne Syndrome - Canonical DDC/MDS
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- Politics and Government, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
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- 324.2734 — Society, government, & culture Political science Politics & Elections Political parties North America United States
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- JK2356 — Political Science Political institutions and public administration (United States) Political institutions and public administration United States Political parties
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