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New York Times Bestseller and 'Book of the Moment' (CNN)

Political expert Ezra Klein explains how the historically unique division of a superpower came to be, presenting the essential book on the elections and the future of America.

His razor-sharp analysis of the events that have increasingly turned Republicans and Democrats into pure clientelistic parties traces back to the 1950s, when the major upheavals of our time began. Klein demonstrates why Trump is not the origin but a logical consequence of this development, and what implications it has for society, media, and politics. Will voters be favored based on their affiliation in the future? Has the end of the free American society arrived? Can the societal divide ever be overcome?

The deep chasm reveals the failures and upheavals in the recent history of US politics and serves as an urgent warning to all democratic states that are undergoing a process of increasing societal division.