If you are familiar with Maddow's podcast "Bag Man" about former vice president Spiro Agnew and like her sense of history and narrative style, I'd recommend this book. It gives some nice background into the personalities and organizations that are affecting the state of our union today.

Maddow in her no-nonsense and super-smart style gives a micro history of the rise of the oil industry and oil dependency and it’s role in US/Russia relations and national competition. But, for me, too much information fired from all sides memes it’s a bit indigestible. And, while her style and tone denote urgency, it’s also anxiety producing without much in the solutions department.

Blowout is a fabulous and engrossing book. Rachel Maddow has written a fantastic book. A must read for the year.

Wow! Rachel Maddow opened my eyes yet again! Blowout stirred up so many emotions inside of me. This book is insightful, shocking, real, & will leave you demanding action. One of the best books I’ve read all year!