Description:
Subverting the Republic explains why Trump has reigned over American politics for nearly a decade and why his mastery threatens to deepen a crisis that tears at the fabric of the American constitution.
Brief description: Sidney M. Milkis is the White Burkett Miller Professor of the Department of Politics and Faculty Associate at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia. He is the author of many books, including Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive Party, and the Transformation of American Democracy from the University Press of Kansas.
Review Quotes:
"The authors retain a sober, impartial stance, one animated by riveting prose, in explaining how and why we got here."--Presidential Studies Quarterly
"The authors of this excellent book move beyond the blame game to take a deeper dive into the "perils of presidentialism" in America, arguing that Trump is more symptom than cause, and that we have for too long neglected the consequences of the "institutional disease" that is at the root of our political ills. A masterpiece in scholarship, this book is an instant classic. Essential."--Choice