On today’s episode, we have Donald Critchlow talking about his new book and the tyrants behind it.
Links from the show:
Revolutionary Monsters: Five Men Who Turned Liberation into Tyranny
Red Star over China: The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism
About my guest:
Donald T. Critchlow, Katzin Family Professor at Arizona State University, is the author and editor of 23 books including most recently, "In Defense of Populism" (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020); "Republican Character: From Nixon to Reagan" (University of Pennsylvania Press,2017), and "Future Right: The Forging of a New Republican Majority" (St. Martin’s Press, 2016). Other books include "American Political History: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford University Press, 2016); "When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Moguls, Film Stars, and Big Business Remade American Politics" (Cambridge University Press, 2013); "The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Made Political History" (Harvard University Press 2007; and Kansas University Press, 2010); and "Phyllis Schlafly and the Grassroots Conservatism" (Princeton University Press, 2007); "Intended Consequences: Family Planning, Abortion, and the Federal Government" (Oxford University Press, 2003). Critchlow has lectured extensively in Europe as a distinguished State Department lecturer, and in China and Brazil. He is the co-editor of the first definitive history of the United States, published in Polish, "Historia Stanów Zjeednockownych Ameryki" (Warsaw,1995), five volumes. He has appeared on C-SPAN, NPR's Talk of the Nation, and BBC World News, and other news outlets.
Revolutionary Monsters: Five Men Who Turned Liberation into Tyranny