Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Part one: Weaponizing philanthropy: the war of ideas, 1970-2008. Radicals: a Koch family history -- The hidden hand: Richard Mellon Scaife -- Beachheads: John M. Olin and the Bradley brothers -- The Koch method: free-market mayhem -- The Kochtopus: free-market machine. Part two: secret sponsors: covert operations, 2009-2010. Boots on the ground -- Tea time -- The fossils -- Money is speech: the long road to Citizens United -- The shellacking: Dark Money's midterm debut, 2010. Part three: Privatizing politics: total combat, 2011-2014. The spoils: plundering Congress -- Mother of all wars: the 2012 setback -- The states: gaining ground -- Selling the new Koch: a better battle plan.