{"product_id":"cry-havoc-charlottesville-and-american-democracy-under-siege-9781541736153","title":"Cry Havoc: Charlottesville and American Democracy Under Siege","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe former mayor of Charlottesville delivers a vivid, first-person chronicle of the terror and mayhem of the August 2017 \"Unite the Right\" event, and shows how issues of extremism are affecting not just one city but the nation itself.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe deadly invasion of Charlottesville, Virginia, by white nationalist militias in August 2017 is a microcosm of the challenges facing American democracy today. In his first-person account of one of recent American history's most polarizing events, Michael Signer, then Charlottesville's mayor, both tells the story of what really happened and draws out its larger significance.\u003cbr\u003eSigner's gripping, strikingly candid \"you are there\" narrative sets the events on the ground-the lead-up to August's \"Unite the Right\" rally, the days of the weekend itself, the aftermath-in the larger context of a country struggling to find its way in a disruptive new era. He confronts some of the most challenging questions of our moment, namely how can we: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReconcile free speech with the need for public order? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaintain the values of pragmatism, compromise, even simple civility, in a time of intensification of extremes on the right and the left?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAddress systemic racism through our public spaces and memorials?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvide accountability after a crisis?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Signer shows how easily our communities can be taken hostage by forces intent on destroying democratic norms and institutions, he concludes with a stirring call for optimism, revealing how the tragic events of Charlottesville are also bolstering American democracy from within.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541736153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/31\/2020 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Signer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36658439848092,"sku":"9781541736153","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4c21118c-ecd2-49a0-b2d9-0427e4166fa9.jpg?v=1603892895","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cry-havoc-charlottesville-and-american-democracy-under-siege-9781541736153","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}