Dominic Sandbrook was educated at Oxford, St. Andrews, and Cambridge. He taught American history at the University of Sheffield and is a former senior fellow at the Rothermere American Institute, Oxford. Sandbrook is the author of Eugene McCarthy: The Rise and Fall of Postwar American Liberalism, as well as three best-selling books on modern British history, Never Had It So Good, White Heat, and State of Emergency. He is also a journalist and critic, writing regularly for the London Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, and The Sunday Times, and a columnist for the New Statesman and BBC History Magazine.
Praise for Dominic Sandbrook's Mad As Hell:
“Frisky and intelligent. . . . Among the most readable histories of
the 1970s I’ve come across.”
—Dwight Garner, The New York Times
“An entertaining yet substantial book about a wince-inducing era.
When it comes to the Seventies, Sandbrook knows the way we were,
even if we wish we hadn’t been.”
—The Dallas Morning News
“A rich stew. . . . Sandbrook brings a fresh perspective [and a]
knack for blending social, cultural, and political history.”
—The Boston Globe
“A terrific read. . . . Sandbrook brings the 1970s back to vivid
life in Mad as Hell, his entertaining, opinionated take on the
politics, economics, and cultural signifiers of a decade he views
as the incubator of today’s right wing.”
—The Christian Science Monitor
“A sweeping and compelling look at the rise of the populist right.
. . . Sandbrook is brilliant in how he ties these events together
and offers candid portrayals of presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter and
Reagan. . . . He illuminates pieces of our history, affording us a
deeper understanding of their resonance in our own time.”
—The San Diego Union-Tribune
“A useful contribution. . . . Sandbrook knows the territory well
and analyzes it with understanding and sympathy.”
—The Washington Post
“Impressive and evenhanded. . . . Sandbrook is a muscular writer
with an eye for the telling detail. . . . This is the best history
I’ve yet read of the ‘70s.”
—Brian C. Anderson, Commentary
“A lively and lucid narrative history of the ‘70s. . . . Sharply
etched.”
—Tulsa World
“Sandbrook’s swashbuckling, capacious account of 1970s
populism—aptly titled Mad as Hell—captures the inchoate fury that
seemed to permeate the nation. . . . The book offers striking
vignettes from the rise of a populist insurgency.”
—Bookforum
“Throughout this incredible book there are insights, observations,
and the intricate crafting of words and phrases that leave the
reader breathless. . . . Characters, including Henry Kissinger,
Anita Bryant, Jerry Falwell, and Spiro Agnew, float through its
pages likes escapees from some mad gypsy circus. Somehow, Sandbrook
has captured all of the history missteps and bumps in the road that
made the 1970s one of the most intriguing decades ever. This is
historical reporting by a gifted writer at the top of his
game.”
—Tucson Citizen
“First-rate. . . . [Sandbrook] is able to view history
panoramically, almost as a living, breathing organism, by
collecting and effectively using vast numbers of on-the-ground
anecdotes. When it comes time for a future Edward Gibbon to explore
the decline and fall of the American Republic, it is quite possible
that he or she will zero in on the cultural trends and economic
upheavals of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
If that is the case, Mad as Hell will be there as a guiding
light.”
—Columbia Journalism Review
“A shrewd, sparkling politico-cultural history of post-Watergate
America. . . . [Sandbrook’s] subtle, well-written narrative of
wrathful little guys confronting a faltering establishment
illuminates a crucial aspect of a time much like our own.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Intensely readable. . . . Chock-full of insights about the moments
those of us who survived the 70s remember all too clearly.”
—Sacramento News & Review
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