Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union

by Richard Kreitner and Diana Hirsch

Book Overview

From journalist and historian Richard Kreitner, a "powerful revisionist account"of the most persistent idea in American history: these supposedly United States should be broken up (Eric Foner).

The novel and fiery thesis of Break It Up is simple: The United States has never lived up to its name--and never will. The disunionist impulse may have found its greatest expression in the Civil War, but as Break It Up shows,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316510602
• ISBN13: 9780316510608
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"