Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party

by Julian E Zelizer and Julian E. Zelizer

Book Overview

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

The story of how Newt Gingrich and his allies tainted American politics, launching an enduring era of brutal partisan warfare

When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, President Obama observed that Trump "is not an outlier; he is a culmination, a logical conclusion of the rhetoric and tactics of the Republican Party." In Burning Down the House, historian Julian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594206651
• ISBN13: 9781594206658
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.4"