The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future
The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future Ezra Klein's Why We're Polarized meets Alan Weisman's The World Without Us in this deeply researched work of speculative nonfiction that takes…
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The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future
Ezra Klein's Why We're Polarized meets Alan Weisman's The World Without Us in this deeply researched work of speculative nonfiction that takes a fiercely divided America and imagines five chilling scenarios that lead to its collapse, based on in-depth interviews with a range of experts--published on the first anniversary of the January 6 Capitol insurrection.On a small two-lane bridge in a rural county that loathes the federal government, the US Army uses lethal force to end a stand-off with hard-right militias, or anti-government patriots. In New York City, a category 2 hurricane plunges entire neighborhoods underwater and creates Inside an ordinary diner, a disaffected young man with a handgun takes aim at the American president stepping in for impromptu photo-op, and a bullet splits the hyper-partisan country into violently opposed mourners and revelers.