Upheaval - by Craig Shirley (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The untold story of Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.

Much like Shirley's bestselling Ronald Reagan campaign book Rendezvous with Destiny--named by The Wall Street Journal as one of the five best campaign books ever--Upheaval is a unique look at the 2024 Donald Trump presidential campaign. Follow Shirley's coverage of the campaign from January of 2024 ending with election day and victory in November. This book is as much a sociological study as it a history of the monumental presidential campaign of 2024.

According to Shirley, Donald Trump's past and present history is badly, and in some cases deliberately, misunderstood by the Establishment writers and scribes. Shirley sees Trump as an important transitional figure of history: America is no longer a nation of Republicans versus Democrats or even liberals versus conservatives, although there is some overlap. America is transitioning into a nation of Establishment versus Anti-Establishment, and much of this transition is due to Donald Trump. The campaign of 2024 proved this fact.

Upheaval is an exciting, visceral, and intellectual exploration of the how's and whys of Donald Trump and his millions of followers. The reader will learn of President Donald J. Trump's evolution of thought into the Anti-Establishment populist leader he is today--and about how a presidential campaign operates, the inner workings, how decisions are made and why one loses, or in the case of President Trump, wins.

About the Author

Craig Shirley is a widely known and respected historian having written many books, papers, and opeds including six books on Ronald as well as the authorized biography of Newt Gingrich. He has owned and operated an influential marketing firm in our nation's capital for many years. Shirley has lectured extensively on the life and presidency of Ronald Reagan at the Reagan Library, the FDR library, the Reagan Ranch and taught classes about Reagan at the University of Virginia, and Eureka College-- Reagan's alma mater. He has also written two books on WWII including the New York Times bestseller, December 1941. Shirley has written the only definitive biographer of Mary Ball Washington for which he was awarded the People's Choice Award from the Library of Virginia.

Together with his wife Zorine, they live at Ben Lomond, a three-hundred-year-old Georgian manor house in rural Virginia and their summer home, Trickle Down Point. Mrs. Shirley edits all Craig's writing and is the past president of the Essex County Museum. They both worked for President Reagan. Together they enjoy sailing on their boat Eleanor. Craig is a decorated contract agent for the CIA. The London Times calls Shirley one of the best Reagan biographers.