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The Liberal Persuasion: Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and the Challenge of the American Past
By (Author) John Patrick Diggins
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
30th May 2017
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
973.072
Paperback
332
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
454g
For more than half a century, the celebrated historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., has been the guiding force of American liberalism, both intellectually and in practice. The author of many critically acclaimed books, Schlesinger vigorously defended FDR's New Deal policies in his earliest writings and later served as a close advisor to President John
"An interesting and provocative beginning point in understanding post-WW II U.S. liberalism."--Choice