The Trump-incited insurrectionist attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was no aberration. In a compelling and thoroughly-researched narrative, Corn reveals the hidden history of how the Party of Lincoln forged alliances with extremists, kooks, racists, and conspiracy-mongers and fostered fear, anger, and resentment to win elections-and how this led to Donald Trump’s triumph and the transformation of the GOP into a Trump personality cult that foments and bolsters the crazy and dangerous excesses of the right. #1 New York Times bestselling author and investigative reporter David Corn tells the wild and harrowing story of the Republican Party’s decades-long relationship with far-right extremism, bigotry, and paranoia.Ī fast-paced, rollicking, behind-the-scenes account of how the GOP since the 1950s has encouraged and exploited extremism, bigotry, and paranoia to gain power, AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS offers readers a brisk, can-you-believe-it journey through the netherworld of far-right irrationality and the Republican Party’s interactions with the darkest forces in America. 'With AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS, David Corn 'did the full homework to take us all the way back to where it really begins.’' -Lawrence O'Donnell, host, The Last Word I'm so glad he's done a super-readable, modern history of the right…We just need smart, digestible history about this stuff right now… is perfectly timed…Relevant history for where we are right now.' -Rachel Maddow, host, The Rachel Maddow Show

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