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

Author: Allen FrancesPaperback:Publisher: William Morrow PaperbacksISBN 10: 0062394517ISBN 13: 978-0062394514Hardcover:Publisher: William MorrowISBN 10: 0062394509ISBN 13: 978-0062394507“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 s