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The Liberals' Moment: The McGovern Insurgency and the Identity Crisis of the Democratic Party
Bruce Miroff
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Description for The Liberals' Moment: The McGovern Insurgency and the Identity Crisis of the Democratic Party
Paperback. Revisits the largely forgotten story of how the McGovern campaign represented the zenith of sixties-style liberalism, and how its historic defeat still haunts Democrats to this day and in the process identifies what Democrats must do before they can reassume their role as agents of progressive change." Num Pages: 268 pages, 21 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 585.
When George McGovern lost the 1972 presidential election, Richard Nixon's landslide victory buried more than an insurgent campaign. By tracing the transformation of American liberalism and sixties idealism from their political crash in 1972 to muddled centrism of twenty-first century, this book shows what the McGovern insurgency has to teach us.
When George McGovern lost the 1972 presidential election, Richard Nixon's landslide victory buried more than an insurgent campaign. By tracing the transformation of American liberalism and sixties idealism from their political crash in 1972 to muddled centrism of twenty-first century, this book shows what the McGovern insurgency has to teach us.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700616503
SKU
V9780700616503
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About Bruce Miroff
Bruce Miroff is professor of political science and Collins Fellow at the State University of New York at Albany. He is the author of Icons of Democracy: American Leaders as Heroes, Aristocrats, Dissenters, and Democrats (also from Kansas) and the coauthor of The Democratic Debate: An Introduction to American Politics, now in its fourth edition.
Reviews for The Liberals' Moment: The McGovern Insurgency and the Identity Crisis of the Democratic Party
"An outstanding contribution to the literature on post-world War II political culture. A compelling narrative filled with wonderful anecdotes and profound analysis, the book is a true page turner that captures the passing of one era and the beginning of another." - Journal of American History "A deeply perceptive and stunningly fresh narrative of a major turning point in U.S. ... Read more