“A compassionate portrait of some of the many who suffered when Musk’s foot soldiers targeted dedicated professionals.”—Kirkus Reviews “An enraging view of the impact of DOGE’s chainsaw.”—Publishers Weekly“American Carnage is an important, much-needed book that tells the compelling stories of eleven dedicated federal employees – public servants – who got trampled and trashed by Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s hugely destructive and short-sighted campaign to smash the federal government. Sasha Abramsky’s book shines a bright light on the human toll ofTrump’s wrecking ball.”—Steven Greenhouse, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up, and former labor correspondent for the New York Times“Electrifying, devastating and utterly necessary. Sasha Abramsky’s new book American Carnage is political dynamite. I couldn’t put it down.”—Roman Krznaric, bestselling author of Empathy, The Good Ancestor, and History for Tomorrow“An indefatigable warrior for justice whose journalism will both tugs at your heart and focus your commitment to fight for moral repair.”—Rick Perlstein, bestselling author of Nixonland and Reaganland “With a blend of empathetic reporting and scathing analysis, American Carnage lays bare an extraordinary episode in US history—offering a glimpse of a hurricane that now threatens to destroy all in its path.”—Jonathan Freedland, author of The Traitors Circle“A chilling work of narrative journalism . . . through the lives of eleven federal workers, Abramsky reveals in stunning detail how political retribution becomes personal catastrophe.”—Bill Lichtenstein
