The Wrecking Crew (book)

Infobox Book
name = The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule


image_caption = 1st edition cover
author = Thomas Frank
cover_artist =
country = United States
subject = History, United States, political analysis, social criticism, political science, politics and government, conservatism
publisher = Henry Holt and Co.
pub_date = August 5, 2008
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 384
isbn = ISBN 0805079882
oclc =

"The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule" (August 2008) is a book written by American journalist and historian Thomas Frank, which explores the current state of conservative Washington. Frank argues that certain elements of the Republican party have intentionally dismantled the government by many means including turning public policy into a private-sector feeding frenzy. Frank describes the current state of Washington as analogous to a large group of privatized pigs feeding at the public trough, brought on by the privatization schemes engineered by the present Republican party.

This book follows Frank's New York Times bestseller "What's the Matter with Kansas?"

External links

Web pages

* [http://tcfrank.com/books/the-wrecking-crew/ Thomas Frank's page for The Wrecking Crew]
* [http://us.macmillan.com/author/thomasfrank Thomas Frank Publisher's webpage] (Henry Holt and Co.)
* [http://us.macmillan.com/thewreckingcrew The Wrecking Crew's Publisher's webpage] (Henry Holt and Co.)
* [http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08012008/profile3.html Bill Moyers interview with Thomas Frank]
* [http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/08/07/thomas_frank/index.html Salon.com Thomas Frank interview] "Thomas Frank on the Bush administration: Sabotage by design"
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93253890 NPR Thomas Frank interview] "Thomas Frank's Indictment of Conservatism"
* [http://www.democracynow.org/2008/8/8/the_wrecking_crew_thomas_frank_on Democracy Now Thomas Frank interview]
* [http://www.nypost.com/seven/08032008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_right_way_122748.htm New York Post book review]
* [http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008808020401 Louisville Kentucky Courier-Journal book review] "The Right in power"