Beyond Polarized American Democracy From Mass Society to Coups and Civil War

This book offers a critical discussion about the increasing risks to American democracy. The author presents a meaningful framework of four ideologies (that co-exist uneasily together) as well as ten types of nonviolent civil wars that are currently underway in the US. This two-level strategy allows readers to understand how proponents of the four groups can draw on any combination of the types of nonviolent civil wars to disrupt democracy. I heartily recommend this book as it starts an important conversation for all who support democracy.

-- Anna Bounds, Associate Professor of Sociology, Queens College

The idea of a second civil war in American politics has received scant attention and should be taken more seriously in an era of rising vigilantism, record polarization, and rising extremism. I am glad this author is making this a focus and strongly recommend this book to readers committed to maintaining democracy in the US.

-- Anthony DiMaggio, Associate Professor of Policial Science, Lehigh University and author of Rising Fascism in America: It Can Happen Here (Routledge, 2022)