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The liberal state on trial : the Cold War and American politics in the Truman years / Jonathan Bell.
LIBRA E813 .B44 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bell, Jonathan, 1976-
- Series:
- Columbia studies in contemporary American history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.
- International relations.
- United States--Social policy.
- Social policy.
- Liberalism--United States--History--20th century.
- Liberalism.
- History.
- State, The.
- Cold War.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 383 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- What was left, in both senses of the word, of liberalism after the death of Franklin Roosevelt? Using case studies from Senate and House races from 1946 to 1952, 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. 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-363) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231133561
- 023113357X
- OCLC:
- 55105278
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