"An alarming but useful perspective on antiliberalism.[A] timely, well-informed analysis.Kagan cogently examines the bright long-term prospects for the Founders' concept of liberalism, especially with the nation's rapidly changing demographics-- if Trump does not win the election.A powerful, much-needed political and social analysis that all lovers of democracy should read." -- Kirkus ( starred review) "Kagan details, mordantly, the anti-liberalism that emerged during and after the Civil War, a strain that, just as much as today's version, insisted on a 'Christian commonwealth' founded essentially on wounded white working-class pride." --Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker "A concise but thorough tour through the influence of American liberalism's malign twin . Kagan manages to diagnose both the acute and chronic nature of our present crisis." --Alan Elrod, Liberal Currents "A brilliant analyst and polemicist, Kagan argues that the 2024 presidential election could be the last free election held in a unified United States.

He justifies this dire warning with a detailed account of the right's drift towards authoritarianism--and traces the historical roots of Donald Trump's appeal to a long tradition of anti-liberal thought in the US." --Gideon Rachman and Frederick Studemann, Financial Times "The chief, and at times reassuring, virtue of Rebellion is [its] historical perspective, alloyed with Kagan's hopeful tone." --Bill Thompson, Los Angeles Review of Books "Engaging and often surprising." --Brian Stewart, Commentary "Comprehensive and compelling." --Jennifer Bort Yacovissi, Washington Independent Review of Books.