by Fiona Hill (Author)
“Of every book written by anybody associated with the Trump administration, in any way, [this] is absolutely the one to read.”
—Rachel Maddow
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
| A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness
reveals how declining opportunity has set America on the grim path of
modern Russia—and draws on her personal journey out of poverty, as well
as her unique perspectives as an historian and policy maker, to show how
we can return hope to our forgotten places.
"As a memoir this is hard to put down; if you are seeking a better American future you should pick it up.”
—Timothy Snyder, New York Times best-selling author of On Tyranny
Fiona Hill grew up in a world of terminal decay. The last of the local
mines had closed, businesses were shuttering, and despair was etched in
the faces around her. Her father urged her to get out of their blighted
corner of northern England: “There is nothing for you here, pet,” he
said.
The coal-miner’s daughter managed to go further than
he ever could have dreamed. She studied in Moscow and at Harvard, became
an American citizen, and served three U.S. Presidents. But in the
heartlands of both Russia and the United States, she saw troubling
reflections of her hometown and similar populist impulses. By the time
she offered her brave testimony in the first impeachment inquiry of
President Trump, Hill knew that the desperation of forgotten people was
driving American politics over the brink—and that we were running out of
time to save ourselves from Russia’s fate. In this powerful, deeply
personal account, she shares what she has learned, and shows why
expanding opportunity is the only long-term hope for our democracy.
