Traitor, David Rothkopf
Traitor, David Rothkopf
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Traitor
A History of American Betrayal from Benedict Arnold to Donald Trump

Author: David Rothkopf

Narrator: David Rothkopf, Peter Ganim

Unabridged: 7 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/27/2020


Synopsis

Political historian and commentator David Rothkopf shows how Trump will be judged by history (Spoiler alert: not well) in Traitor.

Donald Trump is unfit in almost every respect for the high office he holds. But what distinguishes him from every other bad leader the U.S. has had is that he has repeatedly, egregiously, betrayed his country. Regardless of how Senate Republicans have let him off the hook, the facts available to the public show that Trump has met every necessary standard to define his behavior as traitorous.

He has clearly broken faith with the people of the country he was chosen to lead, starting long before he took office, then throughout his time in the White House. And we may not yet have seen the last of his crimes. But the story we know so far is so outrageous and disturbing that it raises a question that has never before been presented in American history: is the president of the United States the greatest threat this country faces in the world?

We also need to understand how the country has historically viewed such crimes and how it has treated them in the past to place what has happened in perspective. After his examination of traitors including Benedict Arnold, Aaron Burr, and leaders of the Confederacy, David Rothkopf concludes that Donald Trump and his many abettors have committed the highest-level, greatest, most damaging betrayal in the history of the country.

A Macmillan Audio production from Thomas Dunne Books

About David Rothkopf

DAVID ROTHKOPF is an author and commentator who has written extensively on politics, power and national security. Recent books include Great Questions of Tomorrow, National Insecurity, Power, Inc., Superclass, and Running the World. He is a former senior official in the Clinton Administration and has taught international affairs at Columbia, Georgetown, and Johns Hopkins. He lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on February 24, 2022

3.5 stars Author David Rothkopf David Rothkopf is a professor of international relations, political scientist and journalist who writes books about politics and government. In this book David Rothkopf makes the case that history will not look kindly on President Donald Trump. Referring to Trump, Rothk......more

Goodreads review by Paperclippe on July 21, 2020

I've no love lost for Aaron Burr, the man who shot Alexander Hamilton and, oh yeah, effectively poisoned the water supply of all of New York and, oh, also was convicted of treason. Traitor did nothing to assuage my previous prejudices, instead reinforcing them. The other thing this book reinforces (......more

Goodreads review by Scott on July 11, 2021

I’m pretty sure that the title of David Rothkopf’s book—-“Traitor: A History of American Betrayal from Benedict Arnold to Donald Trump”—-says it all, but in case it doesn’t, he includes about 223 pages of information to back it up. And this book is stuffed with info. Yes, the book is an info-dump tha......more

Goodreads review by Susanna on November 28, 2020

The first paragraph of chapter 1, "Betrayal": "History is the highest court. Its jurisdiction knows no boundaries. Its final verdict cannot be appealed." What author David Rothkopf does in this important book is to put Donald Trump's crimes and ethical violations in much-needed perspective. After alm......more

Goodreads review by Kat on November 27, 2020

3 stars out of 5 I'm a bit torn on this one. Do I agree that Trump is a traitor to his own country? Yes, absolutely I do. Did I need to read this book to figure that out? No, however, I did enjoy the historical look back at America's traitor's, and how the American democratic system always managed to......more