The Destruction of Hillary Clinton
Author(s): Susan Bordo
The result of the 2016 presidential election was widely thought to be a foregone conclusion: a historic victory for an extraordinarily well-qualified, experienced and admired candidate against an opponent seen as not just unelectable but unfit for office. As we know, it didn't work out like that. So how did Hillary Clinton lose? How did she come to be seen as a tool of the establishment, a chronic liar and a talentless politician? In this masterful narrative of the 2016 campaign year, Susan Bordo unpacks the right-wing assault on Clinton and her reputation, the way she provoked the suspicion and indifference of a younger generation, and the unprecedented influence of the media. Urgent, insightful, and engrossing, The Destruction of Hillary Clinton is an essential guide to understanding the most controversial presidential election in American history.
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General Fields
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- : Text Publishing Company
- : Text Publishing Company
- : 0.318
- : 01 December 2016
- : 234mm X 153mm
- : Australia
- : books
Special Fields
- : Susan Bordo
- : Paperback
- : 1704
- : 272