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John Rennie Short is Emeritus Professor at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His many books include The Urban Now: Living in an Age of Urban Globalism (2023).
"""In his thoughtful study of the polarisation in the United States that led to the attack on Congress, Short offers a damning account of the impulse for Trump's alleged incitement of insurrection.""-- ""The Independent"" ""This book offers a searing analysis of the long and short-term factors that put a demagogue in the White House and culminated in a near fatal challenge to US democracy. While Short says there are signs of hope, his conclusion is disconcerting. The multiple crises facing US democracy embodied in Trump's 'Big Lie' that Biden did not win in 2020 persist. Defiant conspiracists now populate the Republicans, ramshackle constitutional norms are dangerously outdated, and polarisation is as deep as ever. America, the author argues, is in danger.""-- ""Morning Star"" ""Provides a 'profound' analysis of the facts underlying the invasion of Washington's Capitol on January 6th 2021, offering a deeper context for understanding the uprising, and examining conspiracy theories and the politics of outrage.""-- ""The Bookseller"" ""This highly readable study will appeal to anyone seeking to make sense of the uprising that forever changed modern American politics. A concise and incisive look at a democracy in peril.""-- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""In his preface, Short promises to provide an examination of the longer-term processes that led to the insurrection at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. And he does just that, providing a comprehensible, lively, and biting account of the causes of this deeply complex event and Trump's role in it. It is essential reading for anyone concerned about the state of American democracy.""--Ronald H. Fritze, author of ""Hope and Fear: Modern Myths, Conspiracy Theories and Pseudo-History"""
