American Politics

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This paper reviews Phillips's book, "Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich," discussing the theme of the book and how it reflects Phillips' political philosophy. The paper explains that the book is about the wealthy in America and how they increase and maintain their wealth and power, often through corrupt and unethical means. The paper concludes with a discussion of what insights the author of this paper has gained from reading Phillips' book.

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"Kevin Phillips is a well-known, controversial yet respected writer and political analyst, who writes about the political and social world of contemporary America with a sense of literary style and an "at the bottom of it" substance. His most recent book, American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush, would seem to give the literary and politically uninitiated all the information needed in terms of where Phillips stands politically his social and political/philosophical frame of reference. It would be safe to say his investigative, hard-hitting book on George W. Bush's White House would probably not get him an invitation to a Rush Limbaugh insider cocktail party, and yet, Phillips has worked as a Republican strategist, and he was a top political advisor to Richard Nixon during the presidential race in 1968."

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