by Liz Cheney
First published 2023
Liz Cheney witnessed the January 6th attack on the Capitol from inside Congress. As one of the few Republican officials willing to challenge Donald Trump, she watched her party abandon constitutional principles in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Trump and his supporters ignored court rulings, planned to overturn legitimate election results, and incited violence at the Capitol. Cheney stood against these efforts and later helped lead the Congressional investigation into the attack. She narrates her own audiobook and includes over fifty audio clips from primary sources. The book reveals which officials helped spread false claims about a stolen election and which ones worked to preserve constitutional order. Cheney examines the dangers that persist and the people who betrayed their constitutional oath. This account comes from someone who experienced the crisis directly and fought back against efforts to undermine American democracy.
Genres: history, american, political-science, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century, current-affairs, american-history
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Capitol, Congress
Period: 2020 Election, January 6th
372 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: violence