Alterman, Eric, 1960-

The cause : the fight for American liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama / Eric Alterman and Kevin Mattson. - New York : Viking, 2012. - xi, 561 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 475-541) and index.

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?".

9780143121640 (pbk.) 0143121642 (pbk.)


Liberalismo--Historia--Estados Unidos --Siglo XX.
Historia del liberalismo --Estados Unidos--Siglo XIX
Liberalism--History--United States--20th century.
Liberalism--History--United States--21st century.


Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--Siglo XX
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--21st century.
Estados Unidos --Política y gobierno--Siglo XXI

JC 574.2 / A466c 2012

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