Eugene McCarthy: And the Rise and Fall of Postwar American Liberalism
- ISBN-10
- 1400077907
- ISBN-13
- 9781400077908
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 397
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Author
- Dominic Sandbrook
Description
A portrait of the leading Democratic figure during the 1950s and 1960s traces his rise to power, his passionate work with the anti-Vietnam War movement, elections to the House of Representatives and Senate, efforts as a New Deal and Cold War moderate liberal, and contributions to the 1968 Democratic Convention. Reprint.
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