Pre-Order Jeff Sharlet's Book on The Family
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Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 12:25:50 PM EST
Jeff Sharlet' book on The Family, is due out in May, but it can be pre-ordered from Amazon here.

The book promises to be significant for many reasons, but could also play a role in the current contest for the Democratic nomination for president. The book may well re-raise the question of the role of Hillary Clinton in this shadowy group. Sharlet and Kathryn Joyce wanted to ask her about it for an article in Mother Jones, but she declined to talk to them. They were the only one's asking at the time -- but that could easily change.

Meanwhile, Jeff reports that the book jacket states:

They are "the Family"--fundamentalism's avant-garde, waging spiritual war in the halls of American power and around the globe. They consider themselves the "new chosen," congressmen, generals, and foreign dictators who meet in confidential "cells," to pray and plan for a "leadership led by God," to be won not by force but through "quiet diplomacy." Their base is a leafy estate overlooking the Potomac in Arlington, Virginia