Incredibly well-done book tracing the party's history of the last 80 years and explaining all of its failings.

A succinct, well-researched and smartly argued examination of the Democratic Party's cyclical tendency to repeat the same mistake - silencing progressive voices with bold but popular ideas for a better version of the country - while expecting different results every single time.

Nichols ends on a hopeful note that the world's events in 2020 have undermined, and that will unfortunately dull the book's message somewhat. But that does not make the historical context it gives to our current national moment any less valuable.