Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xix, 383 p)
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24 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
023113357X
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0231133561
Serie:
Columbia studies in contemporary American history
Inhalt:
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 sha
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-363) and index
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CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 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:; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780231133562
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Liberal State on Trial : The Cold War and American Politics in the Truman Years
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Englisch
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