PositiveJacobin\"Ganz has distinguished himself through his ability to uncover the often-unnoticed origins of far-right politics. The book confirms his reputation as one of America’s most astute observers of the Right and allows readers to see the 1990s with new eyes ... Ganz does not limit himself to providing vividly drawn portraits of the Right and extreme center. His ambitions are broader and more politically pressing. When the Clock Broke is a diagnostic project as well as a descriptive one, seeking to explain the emergence and appeal of Trump ... How the 1990s politics of national despair connects to the present isn’t really explored, and When the Clock Broke’s overall historical interpretation is ambiguous.\
