When the Clock Broke Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

John Ganz, Eric Jason Martin

eAudio - 2024

"John Ganz is the most important young political writer of his generation—just the one our dark moment needs." —Rick Perlstein"Lively and kaleidoscopic." —Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker"John Ganz belongs to a species of public intellectual that is almost extinct . . . When the Clock Broke is the first of what I hope will be a shelf of books that help us uncover the true history of our times." —Jeet HeerA lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era—and their dark legacy today. With the Soviet Union extinct, Saddam Hussein defeated, and U.S. power at its zenith, the early 1990s promised a "kinder, gentler America." Instead, it was a period of rising anger and d...omestic turmoil, anticipating the polarization and resurgent extremism we know today. In When the Clock Broke, the acclaimed political writer John Ganz tells the story of America's late-century discontents.... more