Tuesday, June 13 at 1:00 PM
A discussion about the deep political divisions that almost tore the Union apart during the American Revolution and the grueling compromises the founders had to make to ensure that the War of Independence didn't end in disunion and civil war. Vanderbilt historian Eli Merritt will discuss his new book Disunion Among Ourselves: The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution.
Eli Merritt is a political historian at Vanderbilt University who has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, and American Journal of Legal History, among other publications. His areas of academic interest and expertise are U.S. politics since the founding of the nation and the ethics of democracy. He is the author of Disunion Among Ourselves: The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution and the editor of How to Save Democracy: Advice and Inspiration of 95 World Leaders. He writes a Substack newsletter called American Commonwealth. You can find him online at elimerritt.com and elimerritt.substack.com.
