Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America and a New York Times bestselling author, looks at the real history of the corrupting influence of oligarchy in America-and how we can fight back.
Thom Hartmann is a four-time winner of the Project Censored Award, a New York Times bestselling author of thirty-two books, and America's #1 progressive talk radio show host. His show is syndicated on local for-profit and nonprofit stations and broadcasts nationwide and worldwide. It is also simulcast on television into nearly 60 million US and Canadian homes.
“With his awesome command of history and politics, Thom Hartmann
presents a terrifying, captivating, and meticulously documented
analysis of the treachery by which the ruthlessly deranged gained
the loyalty of the desperate using money’s power to corrupt. An
urgent and essential read for those who seek a world that works for
all.” —David C. Korten, author of Change the Story, Change the
Future
“Thom Hartmann’s must-read new book is equally frightening and
inspiring. It offers both a dire warning about the threat posed to
our nation by the growing power of oligarchs and a prescription on
how to save our nation from it.” —Dean Obeidallah, host of The Dean
Obeidallah Show, SiriusXM Radio
“Thom Hartmann has written a chilling account of how far our
nation has strayed from democracy and is slowly embracing
oligarchy. His focus on possible remedies, however, is the chief
virtue of this fine book.” —Dan Sisson, author of The American
Revolution of 1800
“Thom Hartmann is America’s history teacher, a national treasure
laying it out scary and clear: tyranny can happen here. Oligarchy’s
choking democracy.” —Mimi Kennedy, actress, board member,
Progressive Democrats of America
“For every American interested in protecting our democracy,
everyone puzzled about how America came to the brink of
authoritarian rule, and for all who enjoy a being educated and
entertained by enthralling, eyeopening, riveting journey in U.S.
history, the Hidden History of Oligarchy is a must
read!” —Don Siegelman, former Governor of Alabama, author of
Stealing Our Democracy
“Thom Hartmann shines a much-needed spotlight on the oligarchs’
brutal class war as it now crescendos in the Trump era. He makes
clear that if we understand exactly what we’re up against, we can
save our country, reject sociopathic greed and build an America
that promotes shared prosperity.” —David Sirota, award-winning
journalist and New York Times bestselling author
“I would gladly follow Thom Hartmann into hell. I'd be
unafraid because with Thom there, I knew the Devil's minions
couldn't touch me. I strongly cry huzzah for this latest
course on teaching me what a Democracy is.” —Ed Asner
“This absolutely brilliant book is an empowering call to action, as
well as a beautifully concise summary of the US’s historical battle
to preserve democracy over repeated attempts by the oligarchy to
create tyranny. A page-turning must read for all Americans at a
time when tyranny’s claws are digging very deep.” —John
Perkins, New York Times Bestselling Author
“Brilliantly illuminating of the reality of oligarchy in our past
and our present and the imminent danger of oligarchy
morphing into tyranny. On almost every page, I learned
things that I should have known earlier as an American, but wasn't
likely to find elsewhere. Urgently required reading if we are
to advance toward democracy.” —Daniel Ellsberg,
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