In Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time1, distinguished political scientist Ira Katznelson recovers the intellectual climate and the political realities that influenced American history during the Roosevelt-Truman years, 1933-1952. He argues that the New Deal and American foreign policy succeeded in demonstrating the viability of liberal democracy but failed to achieve the ideals of liberal intellectuals. Among the factors that shaped this outcome, Katznelson focuses on the Southern white supremacist power bloc in Congress and the advent of nuclear weapons.
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