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Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump
Author: Spencer Ackerman
Publisher: Viking
Price: $30
Pages: 428
Spencer Ackerman’s barnburner of a new book, Reign of Terror, reminded me of that moment in 2015 when Donald J Trump descended his golden escalator to announce his long-shot candidacy for the highest office. Instead of starting with heart-warming clichés about the country’s better angels, Mr Trump came out swinging, declaring that the United States was in trouble: “When was the last time the U.S. won at anything?”
It certainly hadn’t been winning any of the wars it had been fighting for more than a
