| Foreword | xiii |
Part 1 | Undermining Democracy | |
Chapter 1 | American Conservatism | 3 |
Chapter 2 | The Liberal Consensus | 13 |
Chapter 3 | Bringing the Declaration of Independence to Life | 21 |
Chapter 4 | Race and Taxes | 31 |
Chapter 5 | Nixon and the Southern Strategy | 43 |
Chapter 6 | Positive Polarization | 53 |
Chapter 7 | The Reagan Revolution | 65 |
Chapter 8 | Skewing the System | 77 |
Chapter 9 | A New Global Project | 87 |
Chapter 10 | Illegitimate Democracy | 95 |
Part 2 | The Authoritarian Experiment | |
Chapter 11 | A Snapshot of America | 107 |
Chapter 12 | A Shocking Event | 119 |
Chapter 13 | Russia, Russia, Russia | 129 |
Chapter 14 | The Streets of Charlottesville | 141 |
Chapter 15 | The First Impeachment | 149 |
Chapter 16 | Destabilizing the Government | 161 |
Chapter 17 | Embracing Authoritarianism | 169 |
Chapter 18 | Rewriting American History | 179 |
Chapter 19 | January 6 | 189 |
Chapter 20 | The Big Lie | 197 |
Part 3 | Reclaiming America | |
Chapter 21 | What Is America? | 207 |
Chapter 22 | Declaring Independence | 217 |
Chapter 23 | The Constitution | 229 |
Chapter 24 | Expanding Democracy | 241 |
Chapter 25 | Mudsills or Men | 251 |
Chapter 26 | Of the People, by the People, for the People | 261 |
Chapter 27 | America Renewed | 271 |
Chapter 28 | A Progressive America | 283 |
Chapter 29 | The Road to the New Deal | 295 |
Chapter 30 | Democracy Awakening | 305 |
| Conclusion Reclaiming Our Country | 315 |
| Acknowledgments | 327 |
| Notes | 329 |
| Index | 373 |