Broken Government

By John W. Dean,

Book cover of Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches

Book description

The concluding volume of The New York Times bestselling trilogy

One of today's most outspoken and respected political commentators asks: How can our democracy function when the key institutions of government no longer operate as intended by the Constitution? Stepping back to assess three decades of nearly continuous Republican rule,…

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

Why read it?

1 author picked Broken Government as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

President Nixon’s former White House Counsel, John Dean, has had the inside seat to Republican malfeasance and corruption. He utilizes his deep experience in government to write about his former party (Republican) of the 1990s and 2000s. He painstakingly documents the brutal no holds barred tactics of Republican leaders in Congress and in the executive branch. The damage former Speaker Newt Gingrich and Vice President Dick Cheney wreaked on our democracy are incalculable. Dean proves this definitively. 

Want books like Broken Government?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 44 books like Broken Government.

Browse books like Broken Government

Book cover of Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class
Book cover of Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism--From Goldwater to Trump and Beyond
Book cover of Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History

Share your top 3 reads of 2024!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,188

readers submitted
so far, will you?

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in the Republican Party, presidential biography, and politics?

Politics 772 books