"This is a must-read book for anyone who is worried about the future of our democracy." - Sheila Markin, Former Assistant US Attorney, and author of The Markin Report
"If Trump is re-elected, chances are that the autocrat will ban this book, so order it while you still can." - Richard M. Waugaman, M.D. Training & Supervising Analyst, Emeritus, Washington Baltimore Psychoanalytic Institute
"Groundbreaking...an indispensable manual for identifying and addressing challenges that threaten the core principles of our democratic society." - Kevin Volkan EdD, PhD, MPH. Professor of Psychology, California State University Channel Islands; Author of How the Mind Works: Cases & Concepts in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
"By this stage, Donald Trump is a symptom of a much deeper dysfunction in U.S. democracy and society. Dr. Messina identifies the root cause of the dysfunction...She also names the solution - less reliance on top-down politics and more reliance on active citizenship and self-organizing communities as a means to restore and reinvigorate democracy." - Ian Hughes, author of Disordered Minds: How Dangerous Personalities are Destroying Democracy
"Many people around the world are worried about malignant autocratic rulers but feel helpless. Dr. Messina empowers us with effective actions. As a brilliant psychoanalyst, she first seeks to diagnose the problem and then helps to find healthy coping mechanisms to give hope and empowerment. Read her book, take her suggestions, and encourage others to do the same."
- Robert M. Gordon, Ph.D. ABPP, Board Certified in Clinical Psychology and Psychoanalysis
"Dr. Karyne Messina grabs the bull by the horns in confronting the grievous threat to our democracy that a second Trump term represents. I recommend that you take Trump's threats and Messina's book quite seriously. Put some of her suggestions into action in defense of our democracy." - Paul H. Elovitz, PhD, Historian, Research Psychoanalyst, Founder and Director of the Psychohistory Forum, Editor-in-Chief of Clio's Psyche, and author of over 400 publications
