What The Reviewers Say

Positive

Based on 6 reviews

Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union

Richard Kreitner

What The Reviewers Say

Positive

Based on 6 reviews

Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union

Richard Kreitner

Rave
Roger Bishop,
BookPage
... engaging and enlightening.
Rave
Raymond Pun,
Library Journal
... a compelling narrative on the politics of secession in American history.
Positive
Dale Singer,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
... this book reminds us of the important roles compromise and contention have played in American history.
Mixed
Eric Herschthal,
The New Republic
At times it feels like we’re in an AP U.S. history class, but Kreitner makes these episodes new and interesting by reinterpreting them to fit his broader disunion thesis.
Rave
Kirkus
Kreitner effectively cleans the window that stands between us and our history.
Positive
Publishers Weekly
... an eye-opening chronicle.