The Assault on Reason - How the Politics of Fear, Secrecy and Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision-Making and Degrade Democracy

We live in an age when the thirty-second television spot is the most powerful force shaping the US electorate's thinking... How did the US get here? And how much damage has been done to the functioning of American democracy and its roles as steward of its own national security and guardian of the wider world?...