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Rebellion by Robert Kagan

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Rebellion by Robert Kagan

*** A Financial Times best political book of the year***

'The transformation of the US into an autocracy has advanced... It might be irreversible [and] will change almost everything in the world. Nobody has outlined this danger more compellingly than Robert Kagan' - Martin Wolf, Financial Times

A chilling and clear-eyed warning about the threats to our democracy posed by the increasing radicalization of the Republican Party, from a leading historian and intellectual.

The 2024 election could be the last free election held in a unified America. So warns Robert Kagan in this brilliant and terrifying analysis of the perilous state of democracy in the United States today. If Donald Trump loses the upcoming election, as he did in 2020, but refuses to accept the result, as he also did in the last election, he is likely to call on his millions of followers to repudiate the election results. It will be a short step from there to Republican-dominated states rejecting the legitimacy of the federal government and effectively seceding. The United States at that point will cease to be united, with grave consequences for both Americans and the world.

In Rebellion, Kagan dives deeper than the op-eds and think pieces to explore the historical forces that have brought us to this moment—in particular the long history of opposition to liberalism, and to government, that has shaped America’s character from the time of the Revolution to today. Trump’s unique capacity to tap into that tradition of dissent and circumvent the American system has brought us to the edge of dissolution—not for the first time in our history but possibly the last. This is an elegant and deeply informed synthesis of history, contemporary politics, and ideas that sheds light on this crucial moment.

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A powerful, much-needed political and social analysis that all lovers of democracy should read* Kirkus (starred review) *
Robert Kagan is the Senior Fellow at Washington think tank Brookings; a contributing columnist at The Washington Post; and the author of several NYT bestsellers including The World America Made (Knopf, 2012), Return of History and the End of Dreams (Knopf, 2008), Dangerous Nation (Knopf 2006). Politico Magazine named Kagan one of the 'Politico 50' in 2016. He served in the State Department from 1984 to 1988. He is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and holds a doctorate in American history from American University.
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ISBN 13 9780753560297
ISBN 10 0753560291
Title Rebellion
Author Robert Kagan
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Ebury Publishing
Year published 2024-05-02
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.