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Indlæser... The Liberal State on Trial: The Cold War and American Politics in the Truman Yearsaf Jonathan Bell
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. The virtue of this book is that Jonathan Bell takes the American election cycle as his unit of analysis to examine how the burgeoning Cold War came to undermine and destroy the possibility of a viable program of social democracy in the United States. The problem is that there are times when the author becomes too bogged down in the details of the assorted campaigns; a matter not helped by some fairly leaden prose. Also, it's not as though this story hasn't been told before; the difference being that Bell grants the supporters of American social democracy a better chance of success against the traditional anti-statist forces of American politics then they are generally granted. That Truman had to use the Cold War as a means to defend the gains of the New Deal suggests otherwise. ( ) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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What was left, in both senses of the word, of liberalism after the death of Franklin Roosevelt? This question has aroused considerable historical debate because it raises the question of why the United States, during the Truman years, developed a much less state-centered orthodoxy than other comparable, powerful liberal states. What were the consequences of this fundamental choice that would shape the character and direction of American society during the second half of the twentieth century? This book explores the role of the Cold War in shifting the center of gravity in American politics sharply to the right in the years immediately following World War II. Jonathan Bell demonstrates that there was far more active and vibrant debate about the potential for liberal ideas before they become submerged in Cold War anti-state rhetoric than has generally been recognized. Using case studies from Senate and House races from 1946 to 1952, Bell shows how the anti-statist imagery that defined the Cold War in political debate became the key weapon among right-wing and business interest groups and their political representatives with which to discredit political figures who wanted to expand political liberalism beyond existing New Deal measures. He depicts how this process implicitly endorsed socioeconomic inequality. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.918History and Geography North America United States 1901- Roosevelt Through Truman Administrations Harry TrumanLC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
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