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

From journalist and historian Richard Kreitner, a examination of the most persistent idea in American history: these supposedly United States should be broken up.

"A powerful revisionist account." —Eric Foner, American historian and author of The Second Founding

The novel and fiery thesis of Break It Up is simple: The United States has never lived up to its name—and never will. The disunionist impulse may have found its greatest expression in the Civil War, but as Break It Up shows, the se...