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The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War

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The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War
AuthorJeff Sharlet
LanguageEnglish
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
Publication date
March 21, 2023
Publication placeUnited States
Media type
  • Print
  • e-book
  • audiobook
Pages352
ISBN978-1-324-00649-7

The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War (2023) is a book on American politics by Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.

It documents the rise of far-right politics within the Republican Party under Donald Trump – in particular the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement and "militant Trumpism" – which he regards as fascist and white supremacist, as well as combining religion and politics (for example, in viewing Ashli Babbitt as a martyr for the cause).[1][2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ O'Neill, Joseph (21 March 2023). "One Man's Foray Into the Heartland of the Far Right". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. ^ Neumann, Ann (30 March 2023). "'I see this as a global fascist moment': author Jeff Sharlet on interviewing far-right Americans". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  3. ^ Potts, Randy R. (30 June 2023). "Fundamentally Fascist". Commonweal. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  4. ^ Rolsky, L. Benjamin (21 May 2023). "Feedback Loop: On Jeff Sharlet's "The Undertow"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 6 July 2023.