For an entire generation, at home and abroad, the United States has waged an endless conflict known as the War on Terror. In addition to multiple ground wars, the era pioneered drone strikes and industrial-scale digital surveillance; weakened the rule of law through indefinite detentions; sanctioned torture; and manipulated the truth about it all. These conflicts have yielded neither peace nor victory, but they have transformed America. 'Reign of Terror' shows how these developments created an opportunity for American authoritarianism and gave rise to Donald Trump.

First published by Viking, 2021.

Introduction: Neither peace nor victory -- Prologue: The worst terrorist attack in American history -- 9/11 and the security state -- 9/11 and the Right -- Liberal complicity in the war on terror -- Obama and the "sustainable" war on terror -- The right vs. Obama's war on terror -- The Left vs. Obama's war on terror -- The decadent phase of the war on terror and the rise of Trump -- Making the war on terror great again -- The invisible enemy.