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Nancy MacLean

Nancy MacLean is the award-winning author of Behind the Mask of Chivalry  (a New York Times "noteworthy" book of the year) and Freedom is Not Enough, which was called by the Chicago Tribune “contemporary history at its best.” The William Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University, she lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Books

Insurrection and Democracy in Decline

Last week’s invasion of the U.S. Capitol buildings and the ongoing insistence of some of our leadership that the U.S. presidential election was won fraudulently, on top of Presidential leadership practices over the past 4 years, have led to questions about whether we can, in fact, sustain a democracy. PRH and its client publishers have published numerous bestselling titles over the past few years that address many of these issues, and belong in bookstores and libraries during this challenging time.

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