| DARK MONEY The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right Jane Mayer New York: Doubleday, January 2016 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-385-53559-5 | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-385-53559-7 | 449pp. | HC | $29.95 | |
| Introduction: The Investors | 1 | |
| PART ONE: WEAPONIZING PHILANTHROPY: THE WAR OF IDEAS, 1970-2008 |
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| 1 | Radicals: A Koch Family History | 27 |
| 2 | The Hidden Hand: Richard Mellon Scaife | 60 |
| 3 | Beachheads: John M. Olin and the Bradley Brothers | 92 |
| 4 | The Koch Method: Free-Market Mayhem | 120 |
| 5 | The Kochtopus: Free-Market Machine | 141 |
| PART TWO: SECRET SPONSORS: COVERT OPERATIONS, 2009-2010 |
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| 6 | Boots on the Ground | 159 |
| 7 | Tea Time | 165 |
| 8 | The Fossils | 198 |
| 9 | Money Is Speech: The Long Road to Citizens United | 226 |
| 10 | The Shellacking: Dark Money's Midterm Debut, 2010 | 240 |
| PART THREE: PRIVATIZING POLITICS: TOTAL COMBAT, 2011-2014 |
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| 11 | The Spoils: Plundering Congress | 271 |
| 12 | Mother of All Wars: The 2012 Setback | 301 |
| 13 | The States: Gaining Ground | 333 |
| 14 | Selling the New Koch: A Better Battle Plan | 354 |
| Author's Note | 379 | |
| Notes | 381 | |
| Index | 427 | |
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