In his brilliant 1961 book "The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America," the historian Daniel Boorstin examined a gullibility in postwar America, a tendency to confuse the famous with the meaningful. He defined a "pseudo-event" as something that was famous for its own sake, as opposed to an... -
'Flags of Our Fathers' Salutes The Men Behind The Moment
In his brilliant 1961 book "The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America," the historian Daniel Boorstin examined a gullibility in postwar America, a tendency to confuse the famous with the meaningful. He defined a "pseudo-event" as something that was famous for its own sake, as opposed to an...-
By Stephen Hunter