The Liberal State on Trial (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
408
Utgivningsdatum
2004-11-01
Förlag
Columbia University Press
Originalspråk
English
Illustrationer
black & white illustrations
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236 x 164 x 26 mm
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672 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780231133562

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The Liberal State on Trial (inbunden)

The Liberal State on Trial

The Cold War and American Politics in the Truman Years

av Jonathan Bell
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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.
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Bell makes a convincing case that will influence historians' interpretations of the political implications of the early Cold War... Recommended. All Academic levels. Choice

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Jonathan Bell is a lecturer in U.S. History at the University of Reading, England.

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Introduction: Ideologies of the State in Early Cold War America 1. The Dynamics of Postwar Politics Before the Cold War 2. The 80th Congress and Conceptions of the State 3. Ideological Interpretations of Foreign Policy, 1947-1948 4. Varieties of Liberalism in the 1948 Campaigns 5. Transnational Perspectives and Images of the State, 1949-1950 6. The American State on Trial: The 1950 Midterm Elections 7. All Internationalists Now: Establishing a Consensus on the State In the Cold War, 1951-1952 Conclusion: The Cold War, the State, and Post New Deal America Bibliography