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Revolutionary Monsters
Lenin. Mao. Castro. Mugabe. Khomeini. All sparked movements in the name of liberating their people from their oppressorscapitalists, foreign imperialists, or dictators in their …
In Defense of Populism
Contrary to warnings about the dangers of populism, Donald F. Critchlow argues that grassroots activism is essential to party renewal within a democratic system.Grassroots …
American Political History: A Very Short Introduction
The Founding Fathers who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787 distrusted political parties, popular democracy, centralized government, and a strong executive office. Yet …
Intended Consequences
After World War II, U.S. policy experts--convinced that unchecked population growth threatened global disaster--successfully lobbied bipartisan policy-makers in Washington to …
Debating the American Conservative Movement
Debating the American Conservative Movement chronicles one of the most dramatic stories of modern American political history. The authors describe how a small band of conservatives …
With Us Always
Although welfare reform is currently the government's top priority, most discussions about the public's responsibility to the poor neglect an informed historical perspective. This …
When Hollywood Was Right
Hollywood was not always a bastion of liberalism. Following World War II, an informal alliance of movie stars, studio moguls and Southern California business interests formed to …
Republican Character
"e;Politics makes for strange bedfellows,"e; the old saying goes. Americans, however, often forget the obvious lesson underlying this adage: politics is about winning …
Oxford Handbook of American Political History
American political and policy history has revived since the turn of the twenty-first century. After social and cultural history emerged as dominant forces to reveal the importance …