American Carnage

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

De: Tim Alberta

Narrado por: Jason Culp

New York Times Bestseller

“Not a conventional Trump-era book. It is less about the daily mayhem in the White House than about the unprecedented capitulation of a political party. This book will endure for helping us understand not what is happening but why it happened…. [An] indispensable work.”—Washington Post

Politico Magazine’s chief political correspondent provides a rollicking insider’s 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.

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 party’s base. Yet Obama’s progressive agenda, coupled with the nation’s rapidly changing cultural identity, lit a fire under the right. Republicans regained power in Congress but spent that time fighting among themselves. With these struggles weakening the party’s defenses, and with more and more Americans losing faith in the political class, the stage was set for an outsider to crash the party. When Trump descended a gilded escalator to launch his campaign 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 GOP can we appreciate how he won the White House and consider the fundamental questions at the center of America’s current turmoil.

Loaded with explosive original reporting and based on hundreds of exclusive interviews—including with key players such as President Trump, Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz, John Boehner, and Mitch McConnell—American Carnage takes us behind the scenes of this tumultuous period and establishes Tim Alberta as the premier chronicler of a political era.

the true story of the new Republican party

very informative and on the mark. I fear for the country but we have weathered worse

Bye bye GOP!!

As a Progressive Democrat, this book gives me great hope. The GOP is busy tearing itself apart to accommodate the craziness and illegality of trump, his family, and his administration. The future belongs to progressive multicultural Democrats as the republicans try to preserve their antebellum version of the USA. Great read.

Amazing backdrop

I lived through the era, now I know what went on behind the scenes on the GOP side.

The intensive “inside” Reporting of the workings of the house (& the senate).

The author expressed his biases while providing a comprehensive historical review. His detailed recollection of the main players in gov’t since George W Bush was impressive.

interesting listen

An interesting listen on the inside of the government for the last decade, done in a level and uninflammatory way. I'd be very interested to hear what the author would write about the current election year.