Title: It can happen here
Description: For the first time since the Nixon era, Americans have reason to doubt the future--or even the presence--of democracy. We live in a society where government conspires with big business and big evangelism; where ideologues and religious zealots attack logic and the scientific method; and where the ruling party encourages xenophobic nationalism based on irrational, manufactured fear. The party in power seems to seek a perpetual state of war to hold on to power, and they are willing to lie, cheat, and steal to achieve their ends. The question must be asked: Are we headed toward the end of American democracy? In this impassioned, yet fact-based look at the state of the nation, Conason shows how and why America has been wrenched away from its founding principles and is being dragged toward authoritarianism.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Politics and government, Rich people, Older women, Real estate appraisers, Democracy, Victoria Trumbull (Fictitious character), Political and social views, Fiction, Authoritarianism, Investigation, Conservatism, Right-wing extremists, Big business, Murder, Mystery fiction, Trumbull, victoria (fictitious character), fiction, Crime, fiction, Real estate agents, fiction, Martha's vineyard (mass.), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Political aspects
Places: United States
People: George W. Bush (1946-)
Time periods: 2001-2009