Another must-read from Jared Yates Sexton!

The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage by Jared Yates Sexton
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wow, another excellent book from Jared Yates Sexton! This book is largely an account from the trenches by political analyst and reporter Jared Yates Sexton covering the campaign leading up to the 2016 Electoral College win by Trump. Mr. Sexton was close to all the major candidates campaigns and attended most of their events as he crisscrossed the country covering the campaigns. In addition to covering the candidates themselves, he went into the trenches with the supporters of the candidates to find out their reasons and motivations in their choice of who to support. Also, intermixed with this account is telling research that gives behind the scenes and sometimes overlooked factors that played into the campaign. This is an excellent summary of politics in the US in 2015-16 that led up to a President Trump. Also included in this trade paperback version is an Afterword by the author, reflecting after a year of the Trump administration, with insightful, thoughtful, and intelligent treatment. Overall, this is an EXCELLENT book, despite the dreadful facts contained in it. Another Must-read.

Note that this edition has 340 pages in total. Goodreads incorrectly lists it as 352 page.

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