Nixon agonistes
the crisis of the self-made man
by Garry Wills · first published 1970
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See the excellent https://www.amazon.com/Nixon-Agonistes-Crisis-Self-Made-Man/... which makes the case that individualism was running out of steam in the U.S. in 1970, but history shows we've stuck in in Nixon's world ever since. The real problem w/ trying…
on “Why planetary problems need a new approach to politics Essays” ↗…that our rulers of acting in our interest." ~ Garry Wills Never heard of Wills? Whet your appetite with his masterpiece and best work (in my humble opinion): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29435.Nixon_Agonistes
on “U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites” ↗I'm about to reread Nixon Agonistes. It's always relevant, but in a year that has come eerily to resemble 1968, it's especially so. More about the book here: https://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2005/11/gary_willss_nix.html
on “Ask HN: What nonfiction books do you keep rereading?” ↗That's a good point. I should probably print a QR code that is equivalent to a type 4 UUID or a snowflake id and stick it on each individual book. Now that I think of it, I have two copies of Nixon Agonistes which I mentioned in a comment here yesterday.
on “Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing is a dystopian nightmare” ↗