This page contributes resources for the course, including bibliographies, images, and other materials.
See below (click on it) the "Reading Guide" about the Koch Brothers put out by ProPublica, an excellent research source, of the List of Book Reviews" to see web links to both pro and con book reviews.
A List of Book Reviews About Mayer’s Dark Money
My Take Away: For modern applications to current political events, especially see the article below by Theda Skocpol.
For a good brief review, see the review by Harvard.com. Another good article is the one by McKibben. [BV]
“Jane Mayer”. https://en.wikipedia/org/wiki/Jane_Mayer.
Corn, David. “How the Kochtopus Went After a Reporter.” Mother Jones. 1/21/2016.
www.motherjones.com/print/294436.
Daley, David. “They see themselves as heroes. Instead people are saying they’re manipulating American politics”: Jane
Mayer on the method behind the Koch brothers’ brilliant madness.” Salon, 1/26/2016. 1/26/2016.
http://www.salon.com/2016/01/25/they_see_themselves_as_heroes_instead_people_are_saying_theyre_manipulating_american_politics_jane_mayer_on_the_method_behind_the_koch_brothers_brilliant_madness/
Ehrenhalt, Alan. “Rightward Bound.” New York Times, 1/24/2016. Pp. 1,18-19/
Goldberg, Jonah. “Jane Mayer Condemns the Koch Brothers for Not Being Progressive,” National Review, 1/22/1016.
http://www.nationalreview.com/node/430144/print
Harvard.com. Book review of Dark Money.
http://www.harvard.com/book/dark_money_the_hidden_history_of_the_billionaires_behind_the_rise_of_the_ra/
Hinderaker, John. “Jane Mayer and the New York Times Dive Into the Gutter.” Media Bias, The War on the Koch Brothers. 1/12/2016. http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2016/01/jane-mayer-and-the-new-york-times-dive-into-the-gutter.php
Kaiser, Charles. “Dark Money review: Nazi oil, the Koch brothers and a rightwing revolution.” The Guardian, 1/17/2016. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/17/dark-money-review-nazi-oil-the-koch-brothers-and-a-rightwing-revolution
MacLean, Nancy. Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radicsal Right's Stealth Plan for America. Viking, 2017.
McKibben, Bill. “The Koch Brothers’ New Brand.” New York Review of Books, March 10, 2016. See
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/03/10/koch-brothers-new-brand/
Melloan, George. “Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy 2.0.” Wall Street Journal, 1/15/2016.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/vast-right-wing-conspiracy-2-0-1452893703
Moyers, Bill. “A Must Read: Jane Mayer’s ‘Dark Money’ Uncovers Hidden History of Billionaire Kochs.” 2/1/2016.
http://billmoyers.com/story/a-must-read-jane-mayers-dark-money-uncovers-the-hidden-history-of-billionaires/
Nasaw, David. “Review: Jane Mayer’s ‘Dark money’, About the Koch Brothers’ Fortune and Influence.”
New York Times, 1/13/2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/13/books/review-jane-mayers-dark-money-about-the-
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Another article: Dickerson, Tim. Rolling Stones. "Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire." 9/24/2014. Response by the Kochs, and then Dickerson's Reply are also available.