Americans have never been more divided, and we’re ripe for a breakup. The bitter partisan animosities, the legislative gridlock, the growing acceptance of vio

David French warns of the potential dangers to the country—and the world—if we don’t summon the courage to reconcile our political differences. Two decade

This book explores the treason trial of President Jefferson Davis, where the question of secession's constitutionality was debated.

From journalist and historian Richard Kreitner, a "powerful revisionist account"of the most persistent idea in American history: these supposedly United States

About half of today's nation-states originated as some kind of breakaway state. The end of the Cold War witnessed a resurgence of separatist activity affecting