by Glenn Beck
First published 2012
Glenn Beck argues that truth has disappeared from American political discourse as the nation faces what he considers its most critical presidential election. He identifies thirteen topics that politicians, media figures, and activists deliberately obscure through deception. Beck examines how the two-party system traps voters between poor choices, how Islamic law gradually enters American society through extremist efforts, and how progressive religious leaders like Jim Wallis inject politics into biblical interpretation. He explores cartel violence along the border that exceeds public awareness, the deliberate transformation of "libertarian" into a stigmatized term, and George Soros's accumulation of wealth and power sufficient to affect entire national economies. Beck contends that people often avoid uncomfortable truths, preferring convenient ignorance. He invokes James Garfield's observation that truth liberates but first causes misery. The book calls readers to abandon willful blindness and embrace difficult realities, arguing that courage must triumph over cowardice in American political life.
Genres: american, political-science, politics, non-fiction, 21st-century, current-affairs
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: gritty, investigative-journalism
Setting: America, United States
Period: 21st Century
306 pages · Hardcover · Threshold Editions