Rethinking the 1950s

How Anticommunism and the Cold War Made America Liberal

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Gebonden, 203 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2013
ISBN13: 9781107011809
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Historians generally portray the 1950s as a conservative era when anticommunism and the Cold War subverted domestic reform, crushed political dissent, and ended liberal dreams of social democracy. These years, historians tell us, represented a turn to the right, a negation of New Deal liberalism, an end to reform. Jennifer A. Delton argues that, far from subverting the New Deal state, anticommunism and the Cold War enabled, fulfilled, and even surpassed the New Deal's reform agenda. Anticommunism solidified liberal political power and the Cold War justified liberal goals such as jobs creation, corporate regulation, economic redevelopment, and civil rights. She shows how despite President Eisenhower's professed conservativism, he maintained the highest tax rates in US history, expanded New Deal programs, and supported major civil rights reforms.

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ISBN13:9781107011809
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:203

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Introduction: the liberal fifties; 1. Anticommunist liberals; 2. Moderate Republicans; 3. Corporate liberals; 4. Conservatives; 5. Civil rights; 6. Eisenhower's liberal legacy.

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