Read this review

I've praised THE DEATH OF TRUTH here earlier. Here is an excellent review of the book.

But Kakutani, the newly retired New York Times book reviewer, seeks to put Trump in context. Her goal is to paint the big picture: “Trump’s unhinged presidency represents some sort of climax in the warping of reality, but the burgeoning disorientation people have been feeling…traces back to the 1960s, when society began fragmenting…The assault on truth and reason that reached fever pitch in America during the first year of the Trump presidency had been incubating for years.”