Civil War II: The South Avoids Ecological Progress Like the Plague Created and Spread by One of Their Own and HOO BOY AKA "American War"

Here I go again gushing effusively for American War, a book I read over two months ago,  but I SIMPLY MUST. I can't stop thinking about it. Not since The Handmaid's Tale has a dystopian novel screamed at me in such a loud and satisfying way.

I wonder how far along El Akkad was when he realized that the country he was writing about became captive to a tyrant intent on carrying out the policies that caused the very near-future apocalyptic America that shaped his novel. 

American War's  horror lies in its plausibility. There are no aliens attacking and enslaving us. Nothing supernatural or outlandish cause our demise.  This book lets us know that more than anything, we are perfectly capable of ruining ourselves. 

This book is just THE BEST book. MAD KUDOS to my main man Omar El Akkad for this brilliant adaptation of the Second American Civil War.

I give it one trillion "you did it" glitter  stickers. Go read it, my dude.