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The End of the Myth
From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
Greg Grandin
2019
Metropolitan Books
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Book Review
The Myth of the American Frontier
Greg Grandin’s new book charts the past and present of American expansionism and its high human costs.
by
Jedediah Britton-Purdy
via
The Nation
on
April 1, 2019
Book Review
When the Frontier Becomes the Wall
What the border fight means for one of the nation’s most potent, and most violent, myths.
by
Francisco Cantú
via
The New Yorker
on
March 4, 2019
Book Excerpt
How Violent American Vigilantes at the Border Led to Trump’s Wall
From the 80s onwards, the borderlands were rife with paramilitary cruelty and racism. But the president’s rhetoric has thrown fuel on the fire.
by
Greg Grandin
via
The Guardian
on
February 28, 2019
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Another Country: Visions of America
The rise of a violent authoritarian state under Trump unveils a deep uncertainty over what America is.
by
Adam Shatz
via
London Review of Books
on
January 26, 2026
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Christy Thornton and Greg Grandin discuss his new book, “America, América,” and the intertwined histories of the U.S. and Latin America.
by
Greg Grandin
,
Christy Thornton
via
The Baffler
on
May 30, 2025
The Dialectic Lurking Behind the Brutality
Greg Grandin’s new book tells the story of US expansionism and its complex relationship with the rest of the New World.
by
Ieva Jusionyte
via
Los Angeles Review of Books
on
April 23, 2025
