Rachel Maddow
Autor de Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
Sobre El Autor
Rachel Maddow is host of the Emmy Award-winning Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, as well as the author of Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power, a #1 New York Times bestseller, and Bag Man with Michael Yarvitz. Maddow received a bachelor's degree in public policy from Stanford University and mostrar más earned her doctorate in political science at Oxford University. She lives in New York City and Massachusetts with her partner artist Susan Mikula. mostrar menos
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Obras de Rachel Maddow
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Maddow, Rachel Anne
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1973-04-01
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Castro Valley, California, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- New York, New York, USA
Massachusetts, USA - Educación
- Stanford University (BA | Public Policy | 1994)
Oxford University (Lincoln College) (Ph.D. | Politics | 2001) - Ocupaciones
- TV journalist
radio journalist - Relaciones
- Mikula, Susan (partner)
- Organizaciones
- MSNBC
Air America (Sirius/XM Radio) - Premios y honores
- Rhodes Scholar
Emmy Award in the Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis (The Rachel Maddow Show)
Maddow's MSNBC show was the only cable news show nominated for a Television Critics Association award in the Outstanding Achievement in News and Information category
Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts - Biografía breve
- Host of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show. Previously host of Air America's The Rachel Maddow Show. Rhodes Scholar. Married to artist Susan Mikula.
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Many Americans were reluctant to get involved another world war far from our shores, particularly wary after the loss of life in WWI. The Nazis used that reticence to their advantage, and they stoked the divisions in American life to accomplish their goal.
The Germans used money to influence Congressmen, religious leaders, and other influential people to achieve their goal. The Nazi Party had many members in the United States, even filling Madison Square Garden with an event.
(If you read Susan Elia MacNeal’s fascinating novel Mother Daughter Traitor Spy you will be familiar with the popularity of the the Nazi Party in Los Angeles at this time.)
Maddow lays out in meticulously researched detail how the German government used antisemitic feelings in the United States to turn people against President Roosevelt and members of his government.
One of the most interesting parts of the book shows how the Germans used the franking program to spread their propaganda to the American people. Congresspeople are allowed to send mail for free to their constituents, and everything that gets read into the Congressional Record (like speeches made on the House floor) is eligible to be mailed for free.
The German government hired people to write speeches for certain Congresspeople who would then read those speeches verbatim, get them into the Congressional Record, and then mailed across the country. It was actually a direct mailing advertising company owner who figured out this scheme and blew the whistle on them.
Prequel reads like a fictional thriller yet it is reality. It’s got a suspiciously timed deadly plane crash, a trial that is part Marx Brothers movie, and an intrepid reporter who gets directly involved in the story. It resonates with current events and I’m not sure if that is frightening or reassuring.
For podcast fans, Maddow’s podcast Ultra is the companion to Prequel and also very well done. I give Prequel my highest recommendation as well. History fans will love it.… (más)