SARAH CHURCHWELL, 2022
London, Head of Zeus pp. 453, illus., $40.00 (cloth), $18.99 (paper)
Book review by Adjunct Senior Research Fellow Kevin Brianton, La Trobe University
One of the most immediate reactions to the attack on Congress on 6 January 2021 was complete bewilderment. People were at a loss to know where such violence came from or what it meant. America had a long tradition of transferring political power through elections without conflict or rancour. Some commentators considered Adolph Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 as a point of comparison. In her outstanding book. The Wrath to Come: Gone With the Wind and the Lies America Tells, the cultural and political historian Sarah Churchwell looks for reasons far closer to home.
Full review:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01439685.2023.2232152
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