Idiot Proof
Subtitle: Deluded Celebrities, Irrational Power Brokers, Media Morons, and the Erosion of Common Sense
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: PublicAffairs; Public Affairs
Published: June 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781586482473
Subjects: World history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Thought and thinking; History: World; International Relations (General); Political History; History; History - General History; Modern - 20th Century; Intellectual life; Civilization, Modern; Essays; 1950-; 20th century
First sentence: Although 1979 may not have the same historical resonance as 1789, 1848, or 1917, it too marks a moment when the world was jolted by a violent reaction to the complacency of the existing order.