SECESSION
Why Our Country Should Split Up
(And How to Do It Peacefully)

Coming January 2027 from Mariner Books

What if America’s political divisions have become too deep—and its constitutional structure too poorly equipped to manage them—for the country to continue in its present form?

Secession makes the case for taking peaceful separation seriously. Moving beyond diagnosis and provocation, Kent Greenfield offers a practical blueprint for how a negotiated, democratic restructuring could address questions of citizenship, borders, constitutional design, interstate travel, federal property, and the many other challenges a separation would create.

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ADVANCE PRAISE

“A bracing book by a giant scholar unafraid to follow an uncomfortable argument to its logical end.”

“Less a thought experiment than an engineering document.”

—Richard Albert, constitutional law scholar and publisher of The Leaflet

SECESSIONWhy Our Country Should Split Up (And How to Do It Peacefully)

ADVANCE PRAISE

“A bracing book by a giant scholar unafraid to follow an uncomfortable argument to its logical end.”“Less a thought experiment than an engineering document.”—Richard Albert, constitutional law scholar and publisher of The Leaflet

SECESSION
Why Our Country Should Split Up
(And How to Do It Peacefully)

“A bracing book by a giant scholar unafraid to follow an uncomfortable argument to its logical end.”

“Less a thought experiment than an engineering document.”

—Richard Albert, constitutional law scholar and publisher of The Leaflet