The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Author: Eric Hoffer
Desc: A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. The True Believer -- the first and most famous of his books -- was made into a bestseller when President Eisenhower cited it during one of the earliest television press conferences.Completely relevant and essential for understanding the world today The True Believer is a visionary highly provocative look into the mind of the fanatic and a penetrating study of how an individual becomes one.