A nice review
My book has gotten such scant review attention it’s had me musing about falling trees and forests, and what happens to sound waves when there’s no ears for them to crash into. The Bucks County Beacon isn’t The New York Times, but it assigned my book to Michael Gambone, the author of Modern Conspiracies in America, and he’s written a really nice review. “To assume that Arthur Goldwag’s The Politics of Fear…is a simple review of already well-trod contemporary politics would be a serious mistake. The short (284-page) work offers thoughtful and important insights on a country he describes as ‘marinated in conspiracy theory.’ Goldwag takes his reader on a journey that is vast in its historical depth, and sometimes breathtakingly disturbing.”
I think it's the medium, but the disintermediation that makes the Internet so toxic but also interesting has spread to old media, where it's toxic but nowhere near as interesting. The booboisiie didn't used to have media platforms. Now they do.
I finished reading it all over the weekend. Scribbled notes all over it. I have recommended it to a number of my social media contacts in my personal network.
It is truly well done, and I admire the depth of your knowledge. The intersecting networks of conspiracies in historical context was well documented. And I am a fan of Hofstadter as well, often reflect on what he'd be saying now. :)
I wish I knew someone sufficiently famous & well-connected to get it the attention it very much deserves.