Losing the Center: The Decline of American Liberalism, 1968-1992 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813142296)

Many Americans consider John F. Kennedy's presidency to represent the apex of American liberalism. Kennedy's ""Vital Center"" blueprint united middle-class and working-class Democrats and promoted freedom abroad while recognizing the limits of American power. Liberalism thrived in the early 1960s, but its heyday was short-lived. In Losing the Center, Jeffrey Bloodworth demonstrates how and why the once-dominant ideology began its steep decline, exploring its failures through the biographies of so

Author: Jeffrey Bloodworth
ISBN-10: 0813142296
ISBN-13: 9780813142296
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2013
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.27h x 6.35w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2014