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

Description: American Carnage by Tim Alberta Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description New York Times Top Books of 2019Politico Magazines chief political correspondent provides a rollicking insiders look at the making of the modern Republican Party—how a decade of cultural upheaval, populist outrage, and ideological warfare made the GOP vulnerable to a hostile takeover from the unlikeliest of insurgents: Donald J. Trump.The 2016 election was a watershed for the United States. But, as Tim Alberta explains in American Carnage, to understand Trumps victory is to view him not as the creator of this era of polarization and bruising partisanship, but rather as its most manifest consequence.American Carnage is the story of a presidents rise based on a countrys evolution and a partys collapse. As George W. Bush left office with record-low approval ratings and Barack Obama led a Democratic takeover of Washington, Republicans faced a moment of reckoning: They had no vision, no generation of new leaders, and no energy in the partys base. Yet Obamas forceful pursuit of his progressive agenda, coupled with the nations rapidly changing cultural and demographic landscape, lit a fire under the right, returning Republicans to power and inviting a bloody struggle for the partys identity in the post-Bush era. The factions that emerged—one led by absolutists like Jim Jordan and Ted Cruz, the other led by pragmatists like John Boehner and Mitch McConnell—engaged in a series of devastating internecine clashes and attempted coups for control. With the GOPs internal fissures rendering it legislatively impotent, and that impotence fueling a growing resentment toward the political class and its institutions, the stage was set for an outsider to crash the party. When Trump descended a gilded escalator to announce his run in the summer of 2015, the candidate had met the moment.Only by viewing Trump as the culmination of a decade-long civil war inside the Republican Party—and of the parallel sense of cultural, socioeconomic, and technological disruption during that period—can we appreciate how he won the White House and consider the fundamental questions at the center of Americas current turmoil. How did a party obsessed with the national debt vote for trillion-dollar deficits and record-setting spending increases How did the party of compassionate conservatism become the party of Muslim bans and walls How did the party of family values elect a thrice-divorced philanderer And, most important, how long can such a party survive Loaded with exclusive reporting and based off hundreds of interviews—including with key players such as President Trump, Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Jim DeMint, and Reince Priebus, and many others—American Carnage takes us behind the scenes of this tumultuous period as weve never seen it before and establishes Tim Alberta as the premier chronicler of this political era. Author Biography Tim Alberta is chief political correspondent for POLITICO Magazine, covering Donald Trumps presidency, Capitol Hill, the ideological warfare between and within the two parties, demographic change in America, and the evolving role of money in elections. Tim covered the 2016 campaign for National Review as its chief political correspondent, and was previously at National Journal, where he covered Congress as House leadership reporter and later reported on campaigns as the publications senior political correspondent. He formerly served as senior editor of The Hotline, reported for The Wall Street Journal and worked as a web producer and assistant editor for POLITICO. Tims work has been featured in dozens of other publications nationwide, including Sports Illustrated, and he frequently appears as a commentator on political television programs in the United States and around the world. He lives with his wife and three sons in Virginia. Details ISBN 0062896350 ISBN-13 9780062896353 Title American Carnage Author Tim Alberta Format Paperback Year 2020 Pages 704 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc GE_Item_ID:127052754; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. 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