The coming storm : a journey into the heart of the conspiracy machine /
Is this how democracy dies? The Coming Storm is Gabriel Gatehouse's brilliant exploration of how conspiracy theories are tearing America apart. It's a story that takes you down a rabbit hole, one that both the United States as a nation and he as a journalist fell through, to unpack an epoc...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Is this how democracy dies? The Coming Storm is Gabriel Gatehouse's brilliant exploration of how conspiracy theories are tearing America apart. It's a story that takes you down a rabbit hole, one that both the United States as a nation and he as a journalist fell through, to unpack an epochal shift in political culture that starts in the earliest years of the Clinton administration and reached a crescendo on 6 January 2021 with the storming of the US Capitol. But that event wasn't the wild finale of a chaotic Trump presidency many hoped for. It was only the beginning. A compelling mix of research and reportage, The Coming Storm gets under the skin of these conspiracy theories to show us a radical new kind of politics emerging, a movement that has coalesced around a loose alliance of tech bros, internet trolls and white supremacists. At a perilous moment in the history of American democracy, Gatehouse tells us some dark truths about our present and provides clues about our future. The Coming Storm marks the debut of a major new voice in political journalism. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 372 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781785948169 1785948164 1785948156 9781785948152 |