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Why We Fight
Nancy Beck Young
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Description for Why We Fight
Hardcover. A study of Congress at the crossroads between the New Deal and the postwar era, showing that the wartime political dynamic established the dominant patterns for national politics through the remainder of the century. Reveals that moderates, not conservatives, determined the outcomes in key policy debates and examines how compromises were reached. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
History tells us that World War II united Americans, but as in other conflicts it was soon back to politics as usual. Nancy Beck Young argues that the illusion of cooperative congressional behaviour actually masked internecine party warfare over the New Deal.
Young takes a close look at Congress during the most consensual war in American history to show how its members fought intense battles over issues ranging from economic regulation to social policies. Her book highlights the extent of—and reasons for—liberal successes and failures, while challenging assumptions that conservatives had gained control of legislative politics by the ... Read more
History tells us that World War II united Americans, but as in other conflicts it was soon back to politics as usual. Nancy Beck Young argues that the illusion of cooperative congressional behaviour actually masked internecine party warfare over the New Deal.
Young takes a close look at Congress during the most consensual war in American history to show how its members fought intense battles over issues ranging from economic regulation to social policies. Her book highlights the extent of—and reasons for—liberal successes and failures, while challenging assumptions that conservatives had gained control of legislative politics by the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700619177
SKU
V9780700619177
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99-94
About Nancy Beck Young
Nancy Beck Young is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Houston, USA and author of Lou Henry Hoover: Activist First Lady; Wright Patman: Populism, Liberalism, and the American Dream; and, with Lewis L. Gould, Texas, Her Texas: The Life and Times of Frances Goff.
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