A new book titled Survival: Democracy's Struggle to Survive brings together bestselling author Elizabeth Graham and eight of the nation's foremost experts on Donald Trump to expose the intricate and often overlooked connections between Trump and Russia. The book, which is now available at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Elizabeth-Graham/author/B0CMY189NT, argues that the American public and media have been distracted by Trump's sensational behavior, missing the larger and more dangerous threat to democratic institutions.
According to the authors, the roots of this threat trace back to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992, when Vladimir Putin and his KGB colleagues recognized that Russia could not defeat the United States militarily. Instead, they launched a covert campaign to weaken the U.S. from within. By the turn of the millennium, the CIA, believing the Cold War was over, had shut down more than thirty overseas intelligence operations and reduced its Russian specialists by over 25 percent. Presidents Bush and Clinton, along with much of the American public, no longer viewed Russia as an enemy. Yet, like a modern Trojan Horse, Russia only appeared to retreat as elite KGB/FSB operatives infiltrated American society, including the entanglement of a narcissistic American man who loved money and women more than integrity. The trap was set.
The book features contributions from renowned figures such as Craig Unger, award-winning New York Times bestselling author and political analyst, who has provided solid evidence that Trump is "owned" by Putin/Russia. Dr. Bandy Lee, a forensic and social psychiatrist and New York Times bestselling author, co-authored Survival and edited The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, which accurately predicted the severity of the nation's decline if a dangerously unfit president remained in office. Other contributors include David Andelman, Charles Sykes, Steven Beschloss, George A. Polisner, and Mersault, making this a comprehensive and authoritative work on the subject.
Elizabeth Graham, who lived in Moscow during the Soviet collapse, witnessed firsthand the chaos of the Yeltsin years, which left many Russians longing for stability. She explains how Putin and the KGB capitalized on this volatility to rise to power. "Few Americans have observed the sweeping changes in the United States over the past decade as closely as I have or understood their corrosive connection to the evolution of Russian politics and government since the Gorbachev era," Graham stated. "I was living in Moscow when the Soviet Union collapsed. I witnessed the disbelief of thousands of Russians. I saw ordinary citizens endure joblessness, food shortages, inadequate medical care, and unpaid pensions and salaries. These early Yeltsin years were chaotic, leaving many Russians longing for the familiar stability of communism. Putin and the KGB capitalized on this volatility with a perilous, reticent rise to power."
Survival describes "Democracy's Struggle to Survive" and is unlike other political books available today. It is intended as a comparative assessment, an inspiration, and an intriguing collection of Substack messages written by some of the best-known, best-informed, and New York Times bestselling nonfiction authors of the last decade. The book concludes that the sovereign nation of Ukraine and American democracy face a common enemy. The key difference is that while Ukrainians endure daily bombing, infrastructure destruction, and death, Americans are largely uninformed or in denial about their adversary.
The book also highlights the tangible impacts of this hidden war on American daily life, including increasing prices at the pump, the loss of health care for ten million Americans in 2026, contaminated foods, an endless war costing nearly $2 billion per day, grocery store closures and price increases up to 40 percent, restaurants closing, massive discrimination and deaths through ICE and the closure of USAID, assaults on elections and voting procedures, and fires, arson, and bombings. These consequences underscore the urgent need for Americans to become informed and vigilant.
As the book's cover illustrates with a magnificent tree whose roots extend through the soil for nourishment, the United States must draw renewed strength from its own roots: the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Survival serves as a wake-up call, urging readers to confront the reality of Russian interference and its profound implications for the future of American democracy.
