<B>“Should be required reading for anyone interested in preserving our 246-year experiment in self-government.” —<I>The</I><I>New York Times Book Review </I>* “Well researched and eloquently presented.” —<I>The Atlantic </I>* “Delivers Cormac McCarthy-worthy drama; while the nonfictional asides imbue that drama with the authority of documentary.” —<I>The New York Times Book Review</I></B><BR><BR><B>A celebrated journalist takes a fiercely divided America and imagines five chilling scenarios that lead to its collapse, based on in-depth interviews with experts of all kinds.</B><BR><BR><I>The United States is coming to an end. The only question is how.</I><BR><BR>On a small two-lane bridge in a rural county that loathes the federal government, the US Army uses lethal force to end a standoff with hard-right anti-government patriots. Inside an ordinary diner, a disaffected young man with a handgun takes aim at the American president step