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I bought the Kindle version. This is a badly written, partisan screed, not worthy of the stature you might unknowingly imagine Michael Mann, a scientist, to belong to. Mann places great emphasis on his own version of events he was a part of. Thus, at the same time, the forces of evil in American democracy are 'attacking' him, but he is able to wave away their questions with ease. In the book, Mann revels in the Congressional hearings he was a part of, yet exhorts us, repeatedly, to believe that he was greatly harmed by what was inflicted upon him during the hearings. The latter half of the book especially is loaded with minutiae and immature and incoherent ramblings. I did manage to finish the book. And then, one realizes that Mann has hidden some of the more juicier science bits - the whole reason why people requested his data, his code, wrote rebuttals to his papers and hearings were arranged - in the footnotes. A tedious and depressing read. Essential reading nevertheless if you ever wondered why climate issues sounded so gormless.