Not Just Another Book by a Talk Show Host

The New York Times raves about Rachel Maddow’s new book, Drift.

Most books by political talk show hosts are nothing more than marketing tools, but this book “is much more. It is an argument — a sustained, lucid case in which points are made logically and backed by evidence and reason. What’s more, it follows one main idea through nearly a half-century… Ms. Maddow’s point is that the way we go to war has changed: that there has been an expansion of presidential power, a corresponding collapse of Congressional backbone and a diminution of public attention. She does not see this in conspiratorial terms, but she has an explanation for the step-by-step way it evolved.”

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