![]() ![]() Scary to think that the Nixon-Eisenhower Republicans of one era are on the fringes of mainstream politics today, especially as both parties promote massive tax cuts, embrace globalization, tolerate huge deficits and relish a strong-arm foreign policy. It's not so much that his politics have changed, but that this onetime Nixon campaign aide has witnessed the center of American politics shift so far to the right that he now finds himself ensconced on the left. One of the most interesting things about Phillips, aside from how often correct and earnest he is, is that he's a traditional, establishment conservative. ![]() ![]() electoral map and the alarming concentration of political power in the hands of the wealthy. In prior books, he's shed light on important trends including middle-class voter disenchantment the "Red" and "Blue" state divide of the 2000 U.S. Review | American Dynasty by Kevin PhillipsĪmerican Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bushīooks predicting the next political watershed are a dime a dozen, but one writer who has a high batting average in the genre is political analyst, columnist and National Public Radio commentator Kevin Phillips. ![]()
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