The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
First edition. xiv, [2], 315, [3], xii, [4] pp. Original navy cloth with gilt lettering, red topstain. Traces of erased pencil name on front free endpaper, else Fine in a chipped and slightly toned dust jacket with a creased front panel, Good+. The titular essay, a critique of populism and conspiracism first published in Harper's Magazine in 1964, seems to spring eternal for many intellectuals critically examining the American character. This is its first appearance in book form.
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