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American Hero

Impassioned in its anger, lethal in its aim, American Hero paints a scathing portrait of the strange place this country had become in the Reagan-Bush years—and shows how only Hollywood could have taken full advantage of the demise of the Old World Order.

Themes
politics
Setting
1990sUSA
Subject
politics
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 397 pages

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