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Why Americans Hate Politics. By E. J. Dionne, Jr. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. 448 pp. Cloth, $22.95, ISBN 0-671-68255-5. Paper, $12.00, ISBN 0-671-77877-3.)
Those who saw and heard erstwhile presidential candidate Pat Buchanan address the 1992 Republican National Convention might almost have been viewing the video version of this excellent treatise on American politics. Buchanan's exhortations to fight a religious and cultural war against "the liberals" exemplified E. J. Dionne, Jr.'s critique of what has happened to the political process since the 1960s. This thoughtful, highly readable, and somewhat mistitled account draws from many specialized...