A collection of essays that offer new perspectives on postwar American liberalism. It assesses the problems liberals have confronted in the twentieth century, examines their strategies for reform, and charts the successes and potential for future liberal reform.
Jonathan Bell is a senior lecturer in the history department at the University of Reading, England, and the author of The Liberal State on Trial: The Cold War and American Politics in the Truman Years. Timothy Stanley is a Leverhulme research fellow at Royal Holloway College, University of London, and the author of Kennedy vs. Carter: The 1980 Battle for the Democratic Party's Soul.
