{"product_id":"morbid-symptoms-by-donald-sassoon","title":"Morbid Symptoms - By Donald Sassoon","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA health check on our corrupt and broken political system by one of our finest historians.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe deadly coronavirus spread across societies already riddled with political ills- rampant xenophobia and corruption, privatisation run amok, Brexiteer vainglory of 'a global Britain', a Euroland dominated by self-proclaimed nasty parties, and in America, the unspeakable Trump. As the acclaimed historian Donald Sassoon observes in this blistering polemic, there were morbid symptoms galore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSassoon paints an unforgettable picture of our galloping descent into political barbarism, mixing blunt expose and classical references with an astonishing array of data. Why does the United States proportionately have more civilians owning guns than Yemen, where there is a war on? Why did the UK enter the pandemic with fewer doctors than any EU country except Poland and Romania?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn Morbid Symptoms he refuses to abandon what Antonio Gramsci termed the optimism of the will, instead recalling a line from Machiavelli's Istorie fiorentine- 'do not impute past disorders to the nature of the men, but to the times, which, being changed, give reasonable ground to hope that, with better government, our city will have better fortune in the future'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCategory: Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 241 x 162mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ec1313;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote\u003c\/strong\u003e: Remaindered books or remainders are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher or slightly damaged.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Donald Sassoon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40409823379498,"sku":"9781839761454","price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/products\/1000pxx1000px-2022-10-04T154022.946.jpg?v=1664858646","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/morbid-symptoms-by-donald-sassoon","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}