"As we, the Divided States of America, work towards becoming the Reunited States of America, AMERICA: Unite or Die is a critical roadmap that shows us how to get there together, achieving a bipartisan unity that is urgently needed today."        

– Douglas E. Schoen and Carly Cooperman, America: Unite or Die, Evan Bayh, former Indiana Governor and U.S. Senator (D-IN)

"America: Unite or Die is a must-read for anyone interested in politics and governing or in the current dysfunction of our political system. Douglas Schoen and Carly Cooperman are great scholars and practitioners of American politics. They are two of the country's finest pollsters and strategists who have seen it all—from advising presidents in the White House to analyzing the voters in the precincts across America. The polarization in this country today is explained clearly. Every citizen who cares about this extraordinary country of ours should read this book and be enlightened about what's going on around them."

– Douglas E. Schoen and Carly Cooperman, America: Unite or Die, Ed Rollins, former assistant to President Reagan for political and governmental affairs

HIGH PRAISE FOR DOUGLAS E. SCHOEN

Collapse: A World in Crisis and the Urgency of American Leadership (2019)

"At a moment when chaos and disequilibrium seem to define politics and statecraft around the globe, Schoen has given us not only a way to understand how we got here, but also a prescription for how we find our way back to a more perfect union and a calmer world. A seasoned veteran of political combat, he has advised presidents, prime ministers, governors, and mayors for decades. In his newest book, Collapse, he gives us a roadmap for a new north star for global stability. During these anxious times, Schoen helps us imagine a path toward a more hopeful future. Part professor, part hard-nosed political adviser, Schoen is the perfect tutor at the perfect time."

– Douglas E. Schoen, America: Unite or Die, Richard Plepler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HBO

Collapse: A World in Crisis and the Urgency of American Leadership (2019)

"This is a bracing, authoritative, and lucid account of the geopolitical crisis that is now afoot in the world and the need for clear-sighted, moral American leadership on the world stage. Schoen explains in an engaging, highly readable manner how the twentieth-century international alliances and pillars of Western democracy have been eroded–and surveys the rising threats posed by authoritarianism, extremist Islam, and other challenges. However, he does not succumb to defeatism; instead, he appeals for a new type of American leadership known as ‘assertive democratic idealism,’ arguing that this could and should be supported by Democrats and Republicans alike. At a time when so much of the debate about domestic and global politics is deeply polarized, this vision of ‘assertive democratic idealism’ offers a welcome bipartisan call to arms, in the cause of common-sense policymaking–and is precisely the type of sensible, clear-headed analysis which is so badly needed in Washington today."

– Douglas E. Schoen, America: Unite or Die, Gillian Tett, U.S. Managing Editor, the Financial Times

Collapse: A World in Crisis and the Urgency of American Leadership (2019)

"A remarkably comprehensive analysis of the challenges–internal and external–that we face today. Schoen is able to write intelligently about domestic and international issues alike, weaving them into one worrisome picture of the world. But Schoen ends up, like the man he worked for, Bill Clinton, optimistic about America’s ability to help the world out of the gloom and into broader sunlit uplands. Well worth reading."

– Douglas E. Schoen, America: Unite or Die, Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-American World