REALIGNERS: Partisan Hacks, Political Visionaries, and the Struggle to Rule American Democracy

In a history that runs from the drafting of the Constitution to the storming of the Capitol, Shenk offers sharp pen portraits of signal characters from James Madison to Barack Obama. A reassessment of the people who built the electoral coalitions that defined American democracy and a guide for a time when nationalists seek to turn dreams into political realities. Illus.