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Rush Limbaugh: An Army Of One (2010)

by Zev Chafets(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1595230637 (ISBN13: 9781595230638)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Sentinel HC

review 1: Considering how many years that Rush Limbaugh has been on the radio, and his countless hours of broadcasting, how much do you really know about the man? What was his family life like when he was growing up? What was he like in high school? What do people who have worked with Rush think about him?Zev Chafets wrote a profile of the man for the New York Times Magazine. Later, he expanded his piece, and this book is the result.Very few books have been written about Rush Limbaugh that do not include the words fat, liar, and idiot in the title. Chafets makes a serious effort to give readers a true biographical sketch of the man.He is one of the few people from the media that Rush grants access to.While the author gives a mostly positive portrayal of Limbaugh, he deals head-... moreon with some of the most controversial aspects of the radio man’s life. Rush’s drug use, multiple divorces, and battles with ESPN and the NFL over the issue of race are given their fair share of attention in the book.For a man that is so famous, and so influential, it is amazing how few authors have written about Limbaugh’s personal life in such a meaningful way. Readers will learn how Rush got into radio in the first place, including his non-traditional path to making his career.The book was published in the early part of 2010, prior the Republicans regaining majority control of the House of Representatives. In its final chapters, the book is a little out of date on its political analysis, but is still worth a read.Whether one is fan of Rush Limbaugh or not, he is not to be underestimated.4 stars out of 5.
review 2: This is as close to a fair and balanced mini-biography of Rush Limbaugh as you're going to get from someone who is not necessarily a fan. It's interesting that in the acknowledgments, the author says he found it almost impossible to find a publisher in New York who wanted a Limbaugh book without the words "idiot" or "liar" in the title. That should tell you a lot about the publishing world. But, this was a pretty good look at who Limbaugh is and where he came from. It's pretty balanced, for the most part. We get Limbaugh's strengths and weaknesses, with stories and quotes from all sorts of people. The author doesn't gloss over the more problematic times of Limbaugh's life, which is good. The problem I found was that as the narrative drew nearer to the end and to our current year, the author became a bit more snarky in reporting what was going on. Other than that, he was pretty good about trying to keep himself out of the narrative. For someone who spent that great amount of time with Limbaugh, it's rather annoying that he got some things wrong in terminology (Rush calls Ronald Reagan "Ronaldus Magnus," not "Ronaldus Maxmimus"; he didn't always refer to himself as "El Rushbo," though the author implies that it's been a staple of the show since the beginning; and other little things). Easy things to get right. less

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