The bicentennials of the American revolution are well behind us, but the simple stories of Jefferson, Washington and Franklin and the glory of July 4, 1776 celebrated then still comprise the heart of the American founding myth. Kevin Phillips' 1775: A Good Year for Revolution is exciting not becau...
I had hoped Phillips' 1775 would be a sort of prequel to David McCullough's excellent 1776, but it is actually something else entirely. Phillips delves deeply into the causes of the American Revolution, focusing particularly on the economic and religious factors instead of the ideological factors th...
Oil, religion and debt are fueling our decline. Phillips, a former Republican strategist, doesn’t necessarily cover new ground with his book, but makes compelling arguments for our global position. Published about a year before the housing market crash, the book is prophetic enough to see the unde...
I became interested in the book when I saw Phillips on Bill Moyers, and Moyers offered a strong endorsement, saying that this was the best thing out there to help understand what was happening in the financial crisis. From what I have seen, tough sledding and all, he was right. A better title, might...
Every so often I get the craving to read political texts. The problem with this urge is that I have no interest in picking up the edited transcript/ghost written crap put out by Rush Limbaugh or Bill O’Reilly, the frankly embarrassing Dinesh D’Souza, or the “Look at me! Look at me! Look at MEEEE!” s...
Phillips' articulates the concerns of many Americans that are troubled by the current blending of American religion and democracy. He moves on to assess the dangers oil diplomacy and excessive national and household debt. This book was written before the current home mortgage crises, but it clearl...
Kevin Phillips, an astute, conservative, politica1 commentator, worries that a deep economic shift has occurred in the United States portending ominous changes in the future. Much of corporate downsizing and "leaning out" benefits speculators, lobbyists, investment bankers, and stock brokers, but do...
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