The Selling of the President 1968 by Joe McGinnis. Trident Press, $5.95.
There is something fascinating and terrifying about any technical expertise when it is ungoverned by any ethical, philosophical or even aesthetic principle. From the mad scientist of the old horror movies to the probably madder scientists of our military-industrial establishment, there is an awful continuity. And the plot was and is always the same. Some adept moron, some intricate monster was about to take over the whole world.
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