A History of American Secessionist Ideas

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jan 6, 2021

On the day that Congress will meet in a joint session to count the Electoral College votes for the 2020 election, author Richard Kreitner joins us to discuss his newest book, Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union. Spanning 400 years of American history, Kreitner argues that the United States has never really been united and reveals how almost every part of the country has considered breaking away at one time or another.

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