How We Win the Civil War: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority

In his book "How We Win the Civil War," Steve Phillips argues that Democrats must recognize the nature of the fight against white supremacy and govern as if they are under attack. He offers prescriptions for 2022 and beyond to strengthen a new multiracial democracy and rid our politics of white supremacy.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 01 December 2022
Publisher: The New Press

“If we first recognize that we are in a war,and then learn the lessons and follow the lead of those who have shown they know how to prevail,we can definitely win the Civil War,secure a multiracial democracy,and end white supremacy for good.” —from the introduction
The bestselling author and national political commentator pulls no punches on what America needs to do to strengthen its multiracial democracy.

Steve Phillips' first book, Brown Is the New White, helped shift the national conversation around race and electoral politics, earning a spot on the New York Times and Washington Post bestseller lists and launching Phillips into the upper ranks of trusted observers of the nation's changing demographics and their implications for our political future.

Now, in How We Win the Civil War, Phillips charts the way forward for progressives and people of color after four years of Trump, arguing that Democrats must recognize the nature of the fight we're in, which is a contest between democracy and white supremacy left unresolved after the Civil War. We will not overcome, Phillips writes, until we govern as though we are under attack—until we finally recognize that the time has come to finish the conquest of the Confederacy and all that it represents.

With his trademark blend of political analysis and historical argument, Phillips lays out razor-sharp prescriptions for 2022 and beyond, from increasing voter participation and demolishing racist immigration policies to reviving the Great Society programs of the 1960s—all of them geared toward strengthening a new multiracial democracy and ridding our politics of white supremacy, once and for all.

Phillips' book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the challenges facing our nation and the urgent need for progressives and people of color to come together to build a better future for all.

Weight: 652g
Dimension: 164 x 237 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781620976760