Right Turn: John T. Flynn and the Transformation of American Liberalism John T. Moser fleshes out his many contradictions and profound influence on U. Flynn, a prolific writer, columnist for the New Republic, Harper's Magazine, and Collier's Weekly
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| Title | : | Right Turn: John T. Flynn and the Transformation of American Liberalism |
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (344 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814757006 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 277 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2005-04-01 |
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Editorial : “Given current debates over global intervention and government's role in the economy, this volume could not be more timely.”-Justus D. Doenecke,author of Storm on the Horizon: The Challenge to American Intervention, 1939–1941
“An informative, insightful account of the career of a once-popular opinion-maker.”-Journal of American History
“How did an eloquent progressive who voted for Norman Thomas in the 1930s become a cheerleader for Joe McCarthy? This well-crafted biography rescues the memory of John T. Flynn, a true American original, and illuminates a large and neglected terrain of twentieth-century political history.”-Michael Kazin,author of The Populist Persuasion: An American History and co-author of America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s
“Provides a helpful backdrop to current debates over social welfare and foreign policy, which have the
John T. Flynn, a prolific writer, columnist for the New Republic, Harper's Magazine, and Collier's Weekly, radio commentator, and political activist, was described by the New York Times in 1964 as “a man of wide-ranging contradictions.” In this new biography of Flynn, John E. Moser fleshes out his many contradictions and profound influence on U.S. history and political discourse.In the 1930s, Flynn advocated extensive regulation of the economy, the breakup of holding companies, and heavy taxes on the wealthy. A mere fifteen years later he was denouncing the New Deal as “creeping socialism,” calling for an abolition of the income tax, and hailing Senator Joseph McCarthy and his fellow anticommunists as saviors of the American Republic. Yet throughout his career he insisted that he had remained true to the principles of liberalism as he understood them.It was America's political culture that changed, he argued, and not his value
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