These chronicles span the six years of political turmoil and trauma in the United States between 2016 and 2021. They are dispatches written at particular points in time, based on information that was publicly available. They tell the story of what we knew or could have known if we had been paying attention.
The author was paying attention. Here, he shares his contemporary
analysis of events as they unfolded and the fears and passions they
unleashed.
Unlike most books on Donald Trump’s last year in office, this
account addresses the responsibility not only of the Republicans
but also of the Democrats over these six years for the political
situation and the fascist threat that the country now faces,
including their failure to prosecute Trump in a timely manner.
Drawing on reliable sources, James P. Rowles has written a powerful
narrative whose stark conclusions are not easily cast into
doubt.
The book connects the dots and addresses the fundamental question
of what it all means for democracy in America today.
By James P. Rowles. The author is a former Lecturer on Law at
Harvard Law School and professor of international law at other
universities.
The Rape of American Democracy: Republican Actions and
Democratic Failures, 2016-2021What We Knew and When We Knew
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