**Revised and updated"One of today’s most respected journalists, David Rohde takes on one of the country’s most toxic conspiracy theories," presenting a "scrupulously reported and even-handed" account of how power and intelligence are exploited in Washington that “goes deep indeed inside America’s security state, telling a story that will surprise readers of all political persuasions” (Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money).**Donald Trump blamed his 2020 defeat on Democ...

A groundbreaking look at America’s role in the Middle East—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Rope and a PrayerDistilling eleven years of expert reporting for the New York Times, Reuters, and the Atlantic, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner David Rohde presents an incisive look at the calamitous privatization of the war on terror. Beyond War is a clarion call for change in American policies and attitudes toward a rapidly changing Mid...

“Powerful… definitive… Rohde tells the Srebrenica story with all the shades of gray the truth demanded.” —The Washington PostIn 1996, at the height of the Bosnian wars, a correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor named David Rohde uncovered a horrifying story that became an enduring symbol of the genocidal nature of that conflict, earning him his first Pulitzer Prize. Endgame is the full-length narrative of the nightmare he stumbled...

**How Donald Trump used threats, co-option, and conspiracy theories to bend DOJ and FBI officials to his will to a greater extent than publicly known—and how Merrick Garland, other prosecutors, and judges failed to hold him accountable before the 2024 election."A thoroughly researched, carefully balanced new book." —Laurence Tribe, New York Review of Books**Over the course of his presidency, Donald Trump intimidated, silenced, and bent to his will Justice Departmen...

The compelling and insightful account of a New York Times reporter's abduction by the Taliban, and his wife's struggle to free him.Invited to an interview by a Taliban commander, New York Times reporter David Rohde and two Afghan colleagues were kidnapped in November 2008 and spirited to the tribal areas of Pakistan. For the next seven months, they lived in an alternate reality, ruled by jihadists, in which paranoia, conspiracy theories, and shift...

Since its first edition in 1980, Change and Continuity has been known for offering the best analysis and explanation of voting behavior in the most recent election and setting those results in the context of larger trends and patterns in elections studies. This top-notch author team meticulously and accessibly explains the National Election Studies data and analyzes its importance and impact. Known for its current scholarship and excellent use and display of data, the text covers ...

"A serious book that looks at theories of voting behavior in a comprehensive and comprehensible manner."—Brad Lockerbie, East Carolina University"Data-driven, thorough, and rigorous. Change and Continuity is in-depth and wide-ranging in its coverage, making it ideal for an introductory American politics course."—Abbie Erler, Kenyon CollegeIs America in the midst of an electoral transformation? What were the sources of Trump’s victo...

Over the course of his presidency, Donald Trump intimidated, silenced, and bent to his will Justice Department and FBI officials. He sowed public doubt in both agencies so successfully that when he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election, he paid little political cost and, despite an unprecedented array of criminal indictments, easily won the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election.In Where Tyranny Begins, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist David...

A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist’s investigation of the “deep state.”Three-quarters of Americans believe that a group of unelected government and military officials secretly manipulate or directnational policy in the United States. President Trump blames the “deep state” for his impeachment. But what is the American “deepstate” and does it really exist?To conservatives, the “deep state” is an ever-growing government bureaucracy, an “administrative state” th...

The compelling and insightful account of a New York Times reporter's abduction by the Taliban and his wife's struggle to free him.

A bestselling national security expert delivers a chilling analysis of how Western indecision and apathy made possible the return of brutal Russian expansionism – with catastrophic consequences.After the collapse of the Soviet Union, six US presidential administrations of both parties pursued policies for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia that emboldened Russia, playing into its imperialist, centuries-long mythos of regional hegemony. The result: military aggression and...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "The most comprehensive and detailed account of the Trump presidency yet published."—The Washington Post • ABest Book of the Year: The New Yorker and Financial Times • "The book everyone is talking about."—PoliticoThe inside story of the four years when Donald Trump went to war with Washington, from the chaotic beginning to the violent finale, told by revered journalists Peter Baker of The New Y...