Twilight of American Sanity - A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump

"Unravel[s] the national psyche that brought our politics to this moment." - Evan Osnos, The New YorkerA landmark book, from "one of the world's most prominent psychiatrists" (The Atlantic): Allen Frances analyzes the nation, viewing the rise of Donald J. Trump as darkly symptomatic of a deeper societal distress that must be understood if we are to move forward. Equally challenging and profound, Twilight of American Sanity "joins a small shelf of essential titles-Arlie Hochschild's Strangers in Their Own Land is another-that help explain why and how the Trump presidency happened" (Kirkus).
It is comforting to see President Donald Trump as a crazy man, a one-off, an exception-not a reflection on us or our democracy. But in ways I never anticipated, his rise was absolutely predictable and a mirror on our soul.