Electile Dysfunction

If you’re frustrated with the choices for president this year, you’re not alone. 81 percent of voters say they’d “feel afraid” if either Trump or Clinton takes office―but what recourse do we have? The American electorate is plagued by a widespread feeling of impotence.

But this may be the most important election in generations: governments and radicals around the world are moving toward extremes of hard left and hard right, and the same frustrations are fissuring American civil society. Never has a search for stability been more necessary. It’s imperative that voters understand the stakes, how we got here, and how to move forward.

In this book, Alan Dershowitz takes the techniques he’s used in five decades of teaching to sort out how each candidate relates to basic domestic and foreign policy values. You’re left to form your own conclusions, based on your own values―this is a choice you can’t afford to let someone else make for you.

"This book is a perfect combination of Alan's strengths. A terrible pun plus insightful commentary." Seth Meyers

"With his typical insight and flair for the counter-intuitive, Alan Dershowitz has written a book that will help us all understand the stakes what we as a society have to gain, and lose in the current presidential election. While you may not agree with everything he argues, his keen observations and passionate arguments make us think and see the election with fresh eyes. "
Henry Louis Gates Jr.

"This book is so good I might even finish it. "
Larry David

"If Dershowitz isn t getting in your face about something, it s as if he s not doing his job. "
The Boston Globe"