{"product_id":"american-carnage-how-trump-musk-and-doge-butchered-the-us-government-9781682196762","title":"American Carnage: How Trump, Musk and Doge Butchered the Us Government","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gripping narrative of federal workers caught in Trump's second-term purge, and the devastating consequences for American democracy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Carnage\u003c\/em\u003e follows eleven federal workers, in eight government agencies, from the time they were told they were fired in the early weeks of Donald Trump's second presidential administration through to the summer of 2025. With Trump having empowered the world's richest man, Elon Musk, and his Department of Government Efficiency, to make dramatic cuts to many of the country's most important agencies, what unfolded in these months was a cascading tragedy of historic proportions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheir stories, which show a country in a profound moment of crisis and dislocation, are America's stories. What happened to them-the bullying, the intimidation, the deliberate removal of financial stability--also happened to hundreds of thousands of other employees. A fierce reckoning with the intimate and far-reaching effects of these layoffs, both on the individuals who lost their jobs and on the millions of Americans who found their access to basic government services curtailed, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Carnage\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book-length account of how these cuts dulled and denuded our city on the hill, leaving a morally impoverished landscape in their wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sasha Abramsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OR Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.10w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682196762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSasha Abramsky\u003c\/strong\u003e is \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e's Western correspondent and the author of a weekly political column for the magazine. His work has also appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker Online\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The Village Voice\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Rolling Stone, \u003c\/em\u003eand many other publications. He is the author of eleven books, including \u003cem\u003eThe American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe House of Twenty Thousand Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLittle Wonder: The Fabulous Story of Lottie Dod\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ethe World's First Female Sports Superstar\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eChaos Comes Calling: The Battle Against the Far-Right Takeover of Small-Town America\u003c\/em\u003e. Abramsky teaches writing at UC Davis. Follow him on Bluesky at @sashaabramsky.bsky.social.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sasha Abramsky \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47711725453469,"sku":"9781682196762","price":35.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_7267e9dd-d238-41b1-93de-358d5f1252f5.jpg?v=1773168678","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/american-carnage-how-trump-musk-and-doge-butchered-the-us-government-9781682196762","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}