"How did so many US citizens become so dumb, and so suspicious of intelligence? Jacoby… provides the fullest explanation I have read so far. She shows that the degradation of US politics results from a series of interlocking tragedies"

GEORGE MONBIOT, GUARDIAN

"Jacoby writes with clarity, nuance and humour"

RAYMOND SEITZ (former US Ambassador to the UK) for THE MAIL ON SUNDAY