Book
It was all a lie : how the Republican Party became Donald Trump
Publication Information
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Physical Description
237 pages ; 22 cm
Summary
Stevens spent decades electing Republicans at every level, from presidents to senators to local officials. Here he offers a devastating portrait of a party that has lost its moral and political compass. Stevens shows how Trump is the natural outcome of five decades of hypocrisy and self-delusion, dating all the way back to the civil rights legislation of the early 1960s. Racism has always lurked in the modern GOP's DNA, as has the rank hypocrisy of the party's claims to embody "family values" and fiscal responsibility. Stephen helped to create the modern party that kneels before a morally bankrupt con man-- and now he wants nothing more than to see it held accountable.
Notes
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
Contents
- Prologue: It was all a lie
- Race, the original Republican sin
- Family values
- The long con
- Confederacy of dunces
- Machinery of deception
- What are they afraid of?
- The anti-American patriots
- The empire's last stand
- How do lies end?