David Corn is a veteran Washington journalist and political commentator. He is the Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones magazine and an analyst for MSNBC. He is the author or co-author of three New York Times bestsellers, including the #1 bestseller Russian Roulette, Showdown, and Hubris.
"AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS is a brave and important book, written by one
of the sharpest political writers of our time."--Molly Jong-Fast,
contributing writer, The Atlantic
"David Corn "documents in this colorful and persuasive treatise
'the Republican Party's decades-long relationship with
extremism.'...[Corn] draws a clear through line from the rise of
Barry Goldwater to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot....[I]ncisive
political history."--Publisher's Weekly
"[Corn is] a great journalist. I love the way he thinks. I love the
way he writes. I'm so glad he's done a super-readable, modern
history of the right...We just need smart, digestible history about
this stuff right now...[AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS] is perfectly
timed...Relevant history for where we are right now."--Rachel
Maddow, host, The Rachel Maddow Show
"With AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS, David Corn 'did the full homework to take
us all the way back to where it really begins.'"--Lawrence
O'Donnell, host, The Last Word
"David Corn's new book chronicles how Republicans themselves made
the MAGA Monster that now devours their party. Every modern
Republican, Trump supporter or not, has been complicit in this
nightmare"--Elie Mystal, correspondent, The Nation
"The veteran political journalist connects the authoritarianism and
White supremacism of yore with the Trumpism of today... It's a
zigzag line indeed, but Corn makes important connections. ...A
sobering look at the ideological destruction, born of cynicism and
opportunism, of a once-principled party."--Kirkus Reviews
"David Corn was at the forefront of journalism in detailing the
corruption and danger of the Trump campaign and the Trump
Presidency. Now, he has taken a highly useful long look back at the
far right's role in Republican politics over the decades. Trump and
Trumpism did not come from nowhere. There is a long back story.
Corn tells it here, bringing to history the verve and energy he
brings to all of his reporting."--E. J. Dionne Jr., author, Why the
Right Went Wrong
"The genesis from a conventional party to a fanatic cult did not
start with Donald Trump. The roots go much deeper and much further
back. David Corn, with rich detail and in compelling prose, gives
us a full history of the journey to crazy. Whether you have read a
lot about the Republican Party or are just beginning to examine how
the country could have come to this deeply dangerous point,
AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS is a must read."--Norman Ornstein, Emeritus
Scholar, The American Enterprise Institute
"AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS requires us to revisit the dark forces that
have shaped our government and charges us to safeguard American
democracy from those who inflame our worst instincts to destroy
it."--Heather Cox Richardson, professor of history, Boston
College
"David Corn makes the powerful case that Donald Trump didn't come
out of nowhere. He expertly traces the antecedents of Trump and
Trumpism over the decades. This is a must-read if you want to
understand what brought us to Trump and why the GOP remains a
threat to American democracy."--Jennifer Rubin, columnist, the
Washington Post
"David Corn's AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS is essential reading for anyone
hoping to restore political sanity in America. He argues
convincingly that the toxic brew of bigotry, conspiracy theories,
and lies that define Trumpism started long before Trump. Corn
chronicles the Republican Party's decades-long slide into the
gutter and weaves this investigative history into a compelling
narrative that is equal parts horrifying and entertaining. Corn has
managed to make brilliant sense of American senselessness."--Jane
Mayer, author of Dark Money
"In this searing and deeply reported work, Corn recounts how the
modern GOP succumbed to the extremism, alternative realities, and
paranoia that spread the 'American psychosis' that exploded on
January 6. A desperately important read."--Charlie Sykes, author of
How The Right Lost Its Mind
"The hatred, bigotry, conspiracism, paranoia, and rage inside the
GOP didn't start with Donald Trump. In this important and
convincing account, David Corn shows that such poison has been in
the marrow of the Republican Party for more than seventy
years."--Jonathan Alter, author of The Center Holds: Obama and His
Enemies
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