Rieke Havertz: Goodbye, Amerika?

In the organizer's words:

It is, according to the publisher, "the America book we need now. A president who openly attacks the constitution, the Oval Office as an exchange for favors, the transatlantic alliance in crisis. Even in the first year of Donald Trump's second term, it is clear that these four years cannot simply be sat out unscathed. Rather, we are faced with the fundamental question: "Goodbye, America?", which Trump has forced upon us.

Rieke Havertz, an expert on the USA for many years, invites us into her America. On a personal journey through memories, American ambivalences and a changing country that affects us all. Always with the hope of not having to give up on this contentious, unnerving, wonderful, exciting country. Anne Hull, Pulitzer Prize winner and longtime journalist for the Washington Post, writes: "Rieke Havertz knows America better than most Americans. Her voice is crucial in bringing us closer to this deeply divided country."

Rieke Havertz is an international correspondent for ZEIT and has been co-host of the podcast OK, America? She studied journalism and American studies in Leipzig and at Ohio University.

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