Profiles in Cowardice
"A devastating indictment of how those with the most power have enabled Trump and imperilled democracy." Robert Peston
$62.91
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
17 September 2026
Summary
“The appeasement of Donald Trump is a sordid story. It is also, in Weisberg’s hands, a gripping one.” - JILL LEPORE
For years now, people around the world have watched Donald Trump push the boundaries of presidential power and asked the same question: how has he been allowed to get away with it?
In Profiles in Cowardice, Jacob Weisberg has written one of the first defining books of the Trump Era - how this pitch-black political moment happened, why so few resisted, an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781918658132 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1918658137 |
| Author: | Jacob Weisberg |
| Publisher: | New River Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | New River Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 17 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 565g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 154mm x 236mm |

Jacob Weisberg
Jacob Weisberg is the author of books including Ronald Reagan (2016), The Bush Tragedy (2008), and In an Uncertain World (2003), co-written with former Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin.
A native of Chicago, he is the former longtime editor of Slate and the co-founder of the podcast company Pushkin Industries. He serves as Chair of The Committee to Protect Journalists and is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books.
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