{"product_id":"crossing-the-rubicon-the-betrayal-of-american-democracy-2000-2026-9798896230892","title":"Crossing the Rubicon: The Betrayal of American Democracy, 2000-2026 by Danner, Mark","description":"\u003cb\u003eEssays on fascism, the war on terror, Abu Ghraib, Dick Cheney, the Iraq War, the Bush-Gore and Trump elections, and many other subjects from one of America's foremost political thinkers. These provocative pieces have been gathered from the early 2000s to the present and chronicle America's slide away from democracy to a new era of barbarism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMark Danner, one of our most astute political journalists, has worked ceaselessly for the past quarter of a century to report on the state of American politics. \u003ci\u003eCrossing the Rubicon\u003c\/i\u003e collects Danner's best essays, which depict with uncanny prescience the erosion of democratic institutions and the inexorable rise of authoritarianism in the U.S. From the Bush-Gore election to the War on Terror and torture at Abu Ghraib to the election of Donald Trump, Danner traces just how we came to be where we are today in this increasingly polarized and partisan world. Included in this collection are finely detailed portraits of Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, the masterminds behind the Iraq War, as well as searing critiques of mass media's outsized role in politics. Together, these timely and provocative essays provide an overview of the decline and fall of liberal America, as well as the advent of a new and disturbing barbarism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Danner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896230892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Danner\u003c\/b\u003e has been writing about foreign wars and American\u003cbr\u003epolitics for more than three decades. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eThe Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eat El Mozote\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStripping Bare the Body\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpiral: Trapped in\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe Forever War\u003c\/i\u003e. He was a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e for many\u003cbr\u003eyears and is a longtime contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis work has received many honors, including a National Magazine\u003cbr\u003eAward, three Overseas Press Awards, a Guggenheim, an Emmy, and\u003cbr\u003ea MacArthur Fellowship. He is currently Class of 1961 Distinguished\u003cbr\u003eChair in Undergraduate Education at the University of California\u003cbr\u003eat Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67934640111769,"sku":"9798896230892","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/9798896230892.jpg?v=1793917134","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/crossing-the-rubicon-the-betrayal-of-american-democracy-2000-2026-9798896230892","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}