Bryant writes with the familiarity of a journalist who has spent decades living in the US but also with the outsider's capacity for detachment and irony. This is the must-read book about America for 2024.

Professor Adam Smith, Director of the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford

It's a superb achievement. And as the American people face one of the most crucial elections in their history, nobody with the slightest interest in their future can afford to miss it.

Dominic Sandbrook, author and historian

America's story rewritten with remarkable authority and affection. Unflinching and insightful. A great achievement.

Lyse Doucet, the BBC's Chief International Correspondent

Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America.

Washington Post

Nick Bryant combines wisdom with humour - this is a must-read book for all those who love America and want it to be healed.

Justin Webb, presenter of the BBC's Today programme and Americast

A must-read book by one of the sharpest observers of American strife. There is a reason presidents read [Nick Bryant] - he is the outsider who observes and writes with clarity and perspective where others see just chaos and confusion.

Robert Moore, ITV foreign correspondent, Twitter/X