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Fear itself : the New Deal and the origins of our time

"Departing from the traditional historical consensus, Ira Katznelson examines the New Deal through a sweeping international lens that juxtaposes a struggling American democracy with the rise of competing dictatorships. In an age defined by a pervasive, almost existential fear, Katznelson argues that American democracy was both saved and distorted by a Faustian collaboration that safeguarded racial segregation as it built a new national state to manage capitalism and assert global power."--Page 4 of cover.

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  • "Redefining our traditional understanding of the New Deal, this book finally examines this pivotal American era through a sweeping international lens that juxtaposes a struggling democracy with enticing ideologies like Fascism and Communism. Historian Ira Katznelson asserts that, during the 1930s and 1940s, American democracy was rescued yet distorted by a unified band of southern lawmakers who safeguarded racial segregation as they built a new national state to manage capitalism and assert global power. --From publisher description."
  • ""Departing from the traditional historical consensus, Ira Katznelson examines the New Deal through a sweeping international lens that juxtaposes a struggling American democracy with the rise of competing dictatorships. In an age defined by a pervasive, almost existential fear, Katznelson argues that American democracy was both saved and distorted by a Faustian collaboration that safeguarded racial segregation as it built a new national state to manage capitalism and assert global power."--Page 4 of cover."@en
  • "Redefining the traditional understanding of the New Deal, Fear Itself examines this pivotal American era through a sweeping international lens that juxtaposes a struggling democracy with enticing ideologies like Fascism and Communism. Ira Katznelson asserts that, during the 1930s and 1940s, American democracy was rescued yet distorted by a unified band of southern legislators who safeguarded racial segregation as they built a new national state to manage capitalism and assert global power. This study brings to life the politicians and pundits of the time, including Walter Lippmann, who argued that America needed a dose of dictatorship; Mississippi's five-foot-two Senator Theodore Bilbo, who advocated the legal separation of races; and Robert Oppenheimer, who built the atomic bomb yet was undone by the nation's hysteria. Fear Itself is a work vital to understanding America and the world the New Deal made."

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