You could pop this in your search engine window:
more astute and insightful observer of the American political scene over the last 40 years than Kevin Phillips
But you’re not going to get a whole lot of results.
Since his original hair-raising red state classic in 1969, which foretold the (then) future Dixie-fication of the US electoral map in the wake of Johnson’s Great Society “liberal meddling”, Kevin Phillips (b. November 30, 1940) has cranked out one must-read tome after another.
Of course, he used to be a Republican true believer and strategist. But things got a lot more interesting after he turned against the GOP and issued several nuclear strength broadsides at the House of Bush, notably American Dynasty and American Theocracy.
Phillips is so smart (and entertaining), it hurts. He’s an intellectual and crack thinker of the old school. He’s essential. Enjoy him.
And there’s good news ahead for fans of his first book.
Just in time to celebrate the US Congress going redder than a Fourth of July parade in Texas, the book is .
No doubt Phillips has some new thoughts on where President Perry will take us.
Someone has been busy. Phillips’s oeuvre:
The Emerging Republican Majority (1969)
Mediacracy: American Parties and Politics in the Communications Age (1974)
Electoral Reform and Voter Participation (with Paul H. Blackman, 1975)
Post-Conservative America (1982)
Staying on Top: The Business Case for a National Industrial Strategy (1984)
The Politics of Rich and Poor: Wealth and Electorate in the Reagan Aftermath (1990)
Boiling Point: Democrats, Republicans, and the Decline of Middle Class Prosperity (1993)
Arrogant Capital: Washington, Wall Street and the Frustration of American Politics (1994)
The Cousins’ Wars: Religion, Politics and the Triumph of Anglo-America (1999)
William McKinley (2003)
Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich (2002)
American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush (2004)
American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century (2006)
Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism (2007)
1775: A Good Year for Revolution (2012)
