The arsonists: How extremists took over the Republican Party

Authoritarian desires, shrill figures, extreme ideas: In the 2024 election year, three-time presidential candidate Donald Trump's US Republicans have little to do with the venerable conservative country club party that serious politicians such as John McCain or Mitt Romney seemed to stand for. Following her non-fiction superhit about the rise of the religious right in the USA, bestselling author and journalist Annika Brockschmidt now takes on the dizzying history of radicalization of the "Grand Old Party" in The Arsonists - and shows that the stately backdrop of the former Lincoln Party has been becoming increasingly dilapidated for decades. It becomes clear how porous the firewall between conservatism and right-wing extremism is in the USA - and not just since Trump. Brockschmidt gives a gripping account of how historical power struggles have shaped the party - and why the result of the 2024 presidential election will be of decisive importance not only for the USA. Annika Brockschmidt has worked for ZDF-Hauptstadtstudio and as an award-winning podcaster. She also writes for the Tagesspiegel, Zeit Online and Zeit Geschichte, among others.

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