American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump by Tim Alberta

American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump

by Tim Alberta

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Politics & Power

Trump didn't cause the Republican civil war. He's what it produced. Tim Alberta follows the Republican Party chronologically from 2008 to 2018 and shows you how a decade of infighting wore down its institutions until an outsider could take it over.

Core ideas
  • The combatants: John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz, Mitch McConnell and Jim Jordan fight over the party's direction long before Trump arrives.
  • Behind closed doors: Built on hundreds of interviews plus recordings, emails and documents, the account stays close to the deal-making and compromises that happened out of view.
  • Purists against pragmatists: The central fight pits Tea Party purists against establishment pragmatists, and it keeps destabilizing the party's leadership.
Published2019
Pages688
ISBN9780062896445
ReadOct 2022

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