Chuck Thompson, Better off Without ‘Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession Featuring a Dialogue with James C. Cobb, Spalding Distinguished Professor, Department of History, University of Georgia

Convinced the American South is essentially a separate province that is holding back the rest of the United States, acclaimed author and journalist Chuck Thompson, an unapologetically ticked-off liberal from the Northwest, presents an insightful and often hilarious argument calling for a national divorce in Better off Without ‘Em: A  Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession.