As incisive and thought-provoking as the wide-ranging subject. This second volume in a projected three-volume intellectual history of America explores a variety of Americana, including TV networks, The New Yorker cartoons, RollingStone, Larry Flint, and why we dropped the bomb. By the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Metaphysical Club. "Cogent and clearly articulated... brilliant."—Publishers Weekly