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The Counterrevolution

The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement
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From the author of the New York Times best-selling The Case for Trump, the story of Trump's triumphant comeback and what his second term means for the future of our country. When Donald Trump left office in January 2021, most observers thought his political career was... Read More
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From the author of the New York Times best-selling The Case for Trump, the story of Trump’s triumphant comeback and what his second term means for the future of our country

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From the author of the New York Times best-selling The Case for Trump, the story of Trump's triumphant comeback and what his second term means for the future of our country.

When Donald Trump left office in January 2021, most observers thought his political career was over. Silenced on social media, pilloried by the press, and targeted for prosecution, the ex-president's future appeared bleak. But in the months and years that followed, Trump staged a historic political comeback, rising from disgrace to win a second presidential term that launched a social, cultural, political, and economic transformation for America.

Here, best-selling author Victor Davis Hanson pinpoints how Trump regained power and came to lead an American counterrevolution. As Hanson reveals, the success and aggressiveness of Trump's second-term agenda can only be fully understood as the product of his four years in the political and legal wilderness. Hanson details the tactical errors and overreaches of Trump's opponents, as well as how Trump took note of those persecuting him and shaped his renewed agenda around striking back.

Packed with indispensable insight into the larger patterns behind Donald Trump's rise, fall, and victorious return, The Counterrevolution is the definitive account of how a reelection transformed contemporary American history.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781541607828

Publisher: Basic Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 September 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Basic Books

Illustration: TK

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 496

About the Author

Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow in military history at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno. He is the author of over two dozen books, including The Case for Trump, The Dying Citizen, and The End of Everything. He lives in Selma, California.

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