Bibliograph

The cause, the fight for American liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama, Eric Alterman and Kevin Mattson

Type

Label

The cause, the fight for American liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama, Eric Alterman and Kevin Mattson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-541) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The cause

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

733230699

Responsibility statement

Eric Alterman and Kevin Mattson

Sub title

the fight for American liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama

Summary

A history of American liberalism since the Great Depression traces the pivotal roles of leading contributors, describing how their ambitions, flaws, and successes have shaped the nation's government, media, and culture

Table Of Contents

Introduction: the inheritance -- Henry, Harry, and Eleanor: three faces of liberalism -- The breaking point -- Is there anything we can do for you, Harry? -- The key to the destiny of tomorrow: toward a philosophy and practice of liberal foreign policy -- Culture warriors before their time, 1944-50 -- The first culture war: McCarthyism and the limits of liberalism -- Eggheads in the wilderness -- Civil rights wins, communism wanes, and liberalism is reborn -- The thousand days -- Master of disaster -- Paranoia strikes deep in the heartland -- In the darkness at the edge of town -- Malaise -- The Carter interregnum -- The even bleaker years, 1980-88 -- Reentering the world of ideas, rethinking the vital center, and the rise, fall, and rise of Bill Clinton, 1988-99 -- Beautiful losers -- "Hope and change?"

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