{"product_id":"hiding-in-plain-sight-the-invention-of-donald-trump-and-the-erosion-of-america-9781250779403","title":"Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInstant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eIndie Bound Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eAuthors Round the South Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eMidwest Indie Bestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Sarah Kendzior documents the truth about the calculated rise to power of Donald Trump since the 1980s and how the erosion of our liberties made an American dema-gogue possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of Donald Trump's rise to power is the story of a buried American history - buried because people in power liked it that way. It was visible without being seen, influential without being named, ubiquitous without being overt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah Kendzior's \u003ci\u003eHiding in Plain Sight\u003c\/i\u003e pulls back the veil on a history spanning decades, a history of an American autocrat in the making. In doing so, she reveals the inherent fragility of American democracy - how our continual loss of freedom, the rise of consolidated corruption, and the secrets behind a burgeoning autocratic United States have been hiding in plain sight for decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Kendzior's signature and celebrated style, she expertly outlines Trump's meteoric rise from the 1980s until today, interlinking key moments of his life with the degradation of the American political system and the continual erosion of our civil liberties by foreign powers. Kendzior also offers a never-before-seen look at her lifelong tendency to be in the wrong place at the wrong time - living in New York through 9\/11 and in St. Louis during the Ferguson uprising, and researching media and authoritarianism when Trump emerged using the same tactics as the post-Soviet dictatorships she had long studied. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is a terrible feeling to sense a threat coming, but it is worse when we let apathy, doubt, and fear prevent us from preparing ourselves. \u003ci\u003eHiding in Plain Sight\u003c\/i\u003e confronts the injustice we have too long ignored because the truth is the only way forward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Kendzior\u003c\/b\u003e is best known for her reporting on St. Louis and the 2016 election, her academic research on authoritarian states, and her \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling debut \u003ci\u003eThe View from Flyover Country\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a co-host of the podcast Gaslit Nation and was named one of Foreign Policy's \"100 people you should be following on Twitter to make sense of global events.\" Her reporting has been featured in Politico, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFast Company\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. She lives in St. Louis.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717247963410,"sku":"9781250779403","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f551fe2c-a600-46d2-8099-ba6627600545.jpg?v=1734613842","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hiding-in-plain-sight-the-invention-of-donald-trump-and-the-erosion-of-america-9781250779403","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}