Contents

Introduction: American Art, Political Art

1 1960s The Return of the Black Panther: Irving Wallace’s The Man

2 1970s The Life and Death of Walter Bodmor Nixon: Richard Condon’s Death of a Politician

3 1980s The Whores R Us: P.J. O’Rourke’s Parliament of Whores

4 1990s That Dirty Word, Socialism: Warren Beatty’s Bulworth

5 2000s Truth or Dare?: Michael Moore’s Stupid White Men … and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!

Conclusion: Political Art, American Art

Notes

Works Cited

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