| Dawn's Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America | |
| Author: | Kevin Roberts |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | American Politics |
| Genre: | Nonfiction |
Dawn's Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America is a book written by The Heritage Foundation head Kevin Roberts, with a foreword by U.S. vice president-elect JD Vance.
The book was first scheduled for release on September24, 2024, and was originally titled Dawn's Early Light: Burning Down Washington to Save America before being re-titled to Dawn's Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America.[1] The volume includes a foreword by vice president-elect JD Vance.[2] [3] Amid the controversy surrounding Project 2025, in August 2024 Roberts postponed the book release until after the November election.[4]
In the foreword Vance writes that it is "time to circle the wagons and load the muskets."[5]
Colin Dickey of The New Republic says the book reveals planned "paranoid, Stalinist tactics" like using conspiracy theories to violently enforce the right's vision for the world,[6] citing how Roberts criticizes birth control and law enforcement (preferring more of a heavily armed frontier-like society), while promoting public prayer as a key tool in the competition with China.