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Fault Lines
In the middle of the 1970s, America entered a new era of doubt and division. Major political, economic and social crises—Watergate, Vietnam, the rights revolutions of the 1960s–had …
Arsenal of Democracy
It has long been a truism that prior to George W. Bush, politics stopped at the waters edgethat is, that partisanship had no place in national security. In Arsenal of Democracy, …
Faithful Republic
Despite constitutional limitations, the points of contact between religion and politics have deeply affected all aspects of American political development since the founding of the …
Media Nation
From the creation of newspapers with national reach in the late nineteenth century to the lightning-fast dispatches and debates of today's Internet, the media have played an …
On Capitol Hill
Thirty years after the ‘Watergate Babies’ promised to end corruption in Washington, Julian Zelizer offers the first major history of the demise of the committee era Congress and …
Governing America
In recent years, the study of American political history has experienced a remarkable renaissance. After decades during which the subject fell out of fashion and disappeared from …
The Presidency of Barack Obama
An original and engaging account of the Obama years from a group of leading political historiansBarack Obama's election as the first African American president seemed to usher in a …
America at the Ballot Box
Elections are, and always have been, the lifeblood of American democracy. Often raucous and sharply contentious, sometimes featuring grand debates about the nation's future, and …
The Kerner Report
The Kerner Report is a powerful window into the roots of racism and inequality in the United States. Hailed by Martin Luther King Jr. as a "physician's warning of approaching …
What's Good for Business
This volume showcases the most exciting new voices in the fields of business and political history. While the media frequently warns of the newfound power of business in the world …
Reagan's Legacy in a World Transformed
Since Ronald Reagan left office in 1989, the global community has witnessed the collapse of the Soviet Union and the integration of Europe, the War on Terror and the Arab Spring, a …
Taxing America
Taxing America offers a new interpretation of the American state between 1945 and 1975 by tracing the career of Wilbur D. Mills, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from …