In 2011, Lawrence Davidson founded his website, tothepointanalyses.com, as a home for his brief essays on contemporary issues touching on US domestic and foreign policy. Over the last few years, Davidson's analytic reflections on contemporary politics have garnered over six million views. Now, for the first time, these essays are collected together to form a coherent, punchy look at American Politics in 2018. Contextualized by a new prologue and new conclusion, as well as updated with new material throughout, these essays provide a cogent demonstration of the power of analytical thinking to create clear and understandable descriptions of issues that impact us all, but are most often obfuscated by propaganda, lying by omission, or other forms of distortion. For those who encounter this work, it is hoped that they will come away with a clearer, if not happier, idea of what sort of world we are all living in.

All essays refer back to well know contemporary problems both of a domestic and international nature Each essay places a particular problem or issue within a wider and explanatory historical context Accessible writing style will appeal to both scholars as well as left-leaning general interest readers

Autorentext

Lawrence Davidson is Professor Emeritus of History at West Chester University, USA. He is the author of five academic titles, most recently Islamic Fundamentalism (2013) and Cultural Genocide (2012).

Inhalt

1. Prologue: On the Art of Analysis.- 2. Some Contemporary Problems.- 3. The Importance of International Law Chapter.- 4. The United States.- 5. On Trump, Guns and Torture.- 6. Israel, Zionism and the Jews Chapter.- 7. Villains and Heroes.- 8. Conclusion.