[1] Kimmel examines what he describes as the "aggrieved entitlement" of white men in early 21st-century American society.

According to Kimmel, many white men, as members of a historically dominant group in America, have reacted to increases in social equality and the loss of economic advantage with overt anger and rage.

Describing the book as a "missed opportunity", the Financial Times's Gary Silverman writes: The angrier the white man, the more fascinated Kimmel tends to be.

As a result, he pays far less attention to the white male followers of the Tea Party – who are playing a central role in US politics today – than to fringe figures ranging from tattooed racial supremacists to 'rampage school shooters'.

[6] Zak Foste from Ohio State University "honors" Kimmel for his work interviewing so many men with whom he disagreed on a fundamental level in order to write this book.