ARGONAUT BOOKS

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 domestic 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. Ranging from upheavals in Crown Heights and Los Angeles to the advent of David Duke and the heartland survivalists, the broadcasts of Rush Limbaugh, and the bitter disputes between neoconservatives and the...Read More