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This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future Hardcover – May 3 2022

by Jonathan Martin (Author), Alexander Burns (Author)

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The shocking, definitive account of the 2020 election and the first year of the Biden presidency by two New York Times reporters, exposing the deep fissures within both parties as the country approaches a political breaking point.

This is the authoritative account of an eighteen-month crisis in American democracy that will be seared into the country’s political memory for decades to come. With stunning, in-the-room detail, New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns show how both our political parties confronted a series of national traumas, including the coronavirus pandemic, the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and the political brinksmanship of President Biden’s first year in the White House.

From Donald Trump’s assault on the 2020 election and his ongoing campaign of vengeance against his fellow Republicans, to the behind-the-scenes story of Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate and his bitter struggles to unite the Democratic Party, this book exposes the degree to which the two-party system has been strained to the point of disintegration. More than at any time in recent history, the long-established traditions and institutions of American politics are under siege as a set of aging political leaders struggle to hold together a changing country.

Martin and Burns break news on most every page, drawing on hundreds of interviews and never-before-seen documents and recordings from the highest levels of government. The book asks the vitally important (and disturbing) question: can American democracy, as we know it, ever work again?

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480 pages
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English
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Simon & Schuster
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May 3 2022
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15.24 x 4.06 x 22.86 cm
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1982172487
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978-1982172480
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“One recent history makes different points and has larger themes. This Will Not Pass by Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns captures the insularity of Washington and the closed-off nature of the conversations that consume it. It is deeply reported, with sourcing from both parties and criticisms of both, which is refreshing. It also captures both parties’ refusal to be honest with their own voters."
— The Wall Street Journal

"A blockbuster. Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns deliver 473 pages of essential reading."
— The Guardian

"The authors are tireless reporters, and the book’s impact lies less in any headline revelations than in the accumulation of small details that can almost seem routine but that reveal the deeper condition of American democracy…. It’s a document of decline and fall—a chronicle that should cause future readers to ponder how American leaders in the early 21st century lost the ability and will to govern."
— George Packer, The Atlantic

"A deeply reported new book... paints an authoritative portrait of the Biden-Harris relationship— or absence of one."— The New York Times

"It [is with] this color and detail where Martin and Burns excel. They give the scenes and add the specificities of the moments ......when moral virtue and civic interest yield to pure opportunism. ......It is still uncertain how what the two authors describe as “an existential battle for the survival of the democratic system” will end. But whenever future historians chronicle the final result, they won’t need to engage in any guesswork or speculation. They can simply open the pages of This Will Not Pass and discover who met the moment and who fell short."
— New York Magazine

"Burns and Martin provide a diligently researched and often illuminating chronicle of America’s recent political degeneration. Much of it boils down to the absence of character."
— Financial Times

"Martin and Burns have chronicled a tumultuous time with precision and scope and their tireless reporting unearths revealing new details. Their wide-angle lens reminds us how much was— and remains— at stake. Masterful!"
— George Stephanopoulos, ABC News anchor

“What an account of these extraordinary times. Martin and Burns deliver reporting from deep inside both parties with fresh facts and new details on nearly every page about a political system pushed to the brink. When future historians chronicle this time of crisis they will turn to this book as a deeply valuable account of our all too human leaders.”
— Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal

"This is an enthralling and at times frightening account that weaves together the Trump implosion and the roller coaster ride of Biden’s first year. Deeply reported, it combines amazing inside scoops with a fine feel for the historic forces that have roiled our times. By helping us understand what happened, it provides insight about where we are heading.”
— Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker

"Alex Burns and Jonathan Martin are two of our best sourced, most insightful and honest chroniclers of American politics. Their book takes us not only through those harrowing final days of the Trump-era but is the first to deeply explore the central tension of President Biden’s presidency thus far: that of a man who is trying to balance 'national reconciliation' with his 'aspiration to craft a presidency of grand and lasting impact.' The writing, full of luscious details and newsy nuggets, allows the reader an 'in the room where it happened' experience."
— Amy Walter, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter

"An impressively sourced and consistently revealing chronicle of America’s 'political emergency' in the months between the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and the start of President Biden’s second year in office...What emerges is a clear-eyed and often dramatic portrait of two major political parties animated as much by internal divisions as by cross-aisle discord....Revelations abound—of Kevin McCarthy’s initial plan to call on Trump to resign after the Capitol riot; of Republican efforts to lure Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema into switching parties—as do sharp character sketches. Politics junkies should consider this required reading."
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Red meat for politics watchers, unsparing in its depiction of a time of torment."
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

About the Author

Jonathan Martin is a senior political columnist for POLITICO. A native of Arlington, Virginia, Martin is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College.

Alexander Burns is the associate editor for global politics and a columnist at Politico, and a political analyst for CNN. Born and raised in New York City, Burns is a graduate of Harvard College, where he edited the Harvard Political Review.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster (May 3 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1982172487
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1982172480
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 635 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 4.06 x 22.86 cm

Best Sellers Rank: #150,428 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Alexander Burns is a national correspondent for The New York Times and a political analyst for CNN. He joined the Times in 2015 after working as a reporter and editor at POLITICO. Born and raised in New York City, Burns is a graduate of Harvard College, where he edited the Harvard Political Review.
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Jonathan Martin is a national political correspondent for The New York Times and a political analyst for CNN. He joined the Times in 2013 after working as a senior political writer for POLITICO. His work has been featured in The New Republic, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, among others. A native of Arlington, Virginia, Martin is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College.
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D. Levesque

SATISFAITE

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 2, 2023

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C'était un cadeau pour mon conjoint. Il a beaucoup aimé

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 23, 2022

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While a bit of a slow start, this book guides the reader through what US politicians were really thinking about in the last few years. It lays bare US politics and politicians in a way that readers can understand and relate to. The slow start lays the ground work for the remainder of the book and it’s conclusions. I highly recommend this book for anyone with an open and intelligent mind.

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Marsha Starr

What a disappointment!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 4, 2022

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Just one more Trump bashing book (yawn), capitalizing on the opportunity to do so. I'm not even a Trump supporter and I came away from this book distressed that it was soooooooooooo blatantly biased. Biden's perceived halo gets polished, spinning his blunders as achievements. Addressing his rapidly diminishing approval rating, no explanation was offered, just that his feelings get hurt learning that. He is painted as a wise, focused, competent soul, a visionary devoted solely to the interests of the American public,, completely ignoring the multitude of blunders and gaffes associated with his presidency.Waste of money!

296 people found this helpful

Huw Davies-Tallon

Terrible disappointment

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 11, 2022

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After reading a glowing review in the FT I imagine reading a unbiased retrospective of the last 2 years in US presidential and national Politic's! Instead it is a partisan biased boring badly written mess! I am no Trump fan but they are so pro Biden it is laughable considering he is now being view universally even by his own party as a disastrous president. Save yourself the money and buy anything else!

Scott Ludwig

The truth hurts

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 5, 2022

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For all of you one-star reviewers, be honest: reading about the truth is painful. In this case, a painful reminder of the darkest period of time in the history of our democracy. Thankfully, democracy survived.

Just barely.

242 people found this helpful

1776 Lady

Huge Error!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 4, 2022

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I failed to read the 'Bio's' on these authors! I 'thought' I was ordering a book on the issues facing our country today. After reading only 22 pages of snarky, derogatory comments about Trump and the Republicans, I checked the authors' Bio's & discovered they were simply CNN henchmen! If you hate Trump, hate Republicans, maybe even hate America, this book is for YOU!

228 people found this helpful

Masriki

Not a parody

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 4, 2022

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Martin and Burns populate This Will Not Pass with narratives and anecdotes that generate a mixture of reactions. Some are surprising, some are entirely expected, and many give rise to eye-rolling.

The most high-profile story to date has been Kevin McCarthy’s having told other Republican lawmakers that he would suggest to Trump that he resign, lying about it, confronted with the tape of it, and then coming amazingly close to lying about lying about it.

Lindsey Graham’s well-known ping-pong ball convictions: This bounces from January 6, when he threatened a White House lawyer with drumming up support in the Cabinet to remove Trump from office via the 25th Amendment, to the authors’ firsthand narrative of Trump putting him on speakerphone unknowingly, so the reporters were free to listen to his amplified shameless grovel of the Wonders of Trump.

On the surprising-even-for-Sen.-Kyrsten-Sinema front, her arguing with White House staff about being asked to wear a mask when seeing President Biden, and in other parts of the book, bragging about making Palin-esque political use of her cleavage around male GOP lawmakers.

And yes, as reported, Trump had a trinket treasure room filled with MAGA merchandise next to his office in the White House.

Twenty five years ago, or even ten years ago, some of these could have been Saturday Night Live skits. Martin and Burns have shown that now, sadly, it’s real.

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