Poison tea
Subtitle: how big oil and big tobacco invented the tea party and captured the GOP
By: Jeff Nesbit
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781250076106
Subjects: Politics and government; Tobacco industry; Tea Party movement
Description: "An incredible expose of the Koch brothers and the tobacco industry's twenty-year plot to manufacture a phony grassroots uprising, this is the true story of the Tea Party"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The Tea Party movement: sudden appearance or calculated move?; title: An unholy alliance; title: The playbook; title: A critical bridge: Ron Paul and the "Patriot" movement; title: Smedley Butler, a fascist coup, and the American Liberty League; title: What drives Charles Koch?; title: The man behind the curtain; title: Why David Koch never loses; title: Tobacco documents trail; title: COFIRE; title: Enough is enough; title: Allied forces; title: CART; title: Get government off our back; title: The tobacco strategy; title: A road map for antigovernment anger; title: Mobilization universe; title: The quarterback; title: Seamless transition; title: Sleight of hand; title: Five pillars; title: The Sam Adams Alliance; title: Propaganda "dressed up as journalism"; title: Capturing the states; title: Structure of social change; title: A blueprint years in the making; title: Winning.