Goodbye American Democracy, Hello Civil War? - Bernd Debusmann

Debusmann has reported from more than 100 countries. He was shot twice – once covering a battle in Beirut and once in an assassination attempt prompted by his reporting on Syria.

By Bernd Debusmann,

“The United States is coming to an end. The question is how.”

That is the opening line in a book entitled “The Next Civil War” by a Canadian essayist, Stephen Marche, who interviewed historians, political scientists, military officers and law enforcement officials about the prospect of violence tearing the United States apart.

He found …