From Tea Party to Trump — the whole sweep of American history in one masterly, readable volume, from the Sunday Times–bestselling author of A Short History of England and A Short History of Europe.
Simon Jenkins has made an art of the short national history: authoritative enough to trust, brisk enough to finish, elegant enough to enjoy. Here he turns to the most consequential nation of the modern age — from the Boston Tea Party and revolution, through civil war, expansion, depression and superpower, all the way to the turbulence of Trump-era America.
For Indian readers watching America's choices ripple across the world, this is the fastest honest route to understanding how it got here: the ideas, the compromises, the recurring arguments that keep resurfacing in new clothes.
Why readers love the “Short History” books
- The full arc in a single sitting-friendly volume — no 900-page commitment
- Jenkins' gift for the telling detail and the fair judgement
- The ideal gift for news-followers, students and travellers
About the author
Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist and former editor of The Times and the Evening Standard. His bestselling short histories of England, Europe and London have sold hundreds of thousands of copies.
