{"product_id":"the-fight-for-the-soul-john-nichols-9781788737401","title":"The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace's Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eFighting fascism at home and abroad begins with the consolidation of a progressive politics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeventy-five years ago, Henry Wallace, then the sitting Vice President of the United States, mounted a campaign to warn about the persisting Danger of American Fascism. As fighting in the European and Japanese theaters drew to a close, Wallace warned that the country may win the war and lose the piece; that the fascist threat that the U.S. was battling abroad had a terrifying domestic variant, growing rapidly in power: wealthy corporatists and their allies in the media. Wallace warned that if the New Deal project was not renewed and expanded in the post-war era, American fascists would use fear mongering, xenophonbia, and racism to regain the economic and political power that they lost. He championed an alternative, progressive vision of a post-war world-an alternative to triumphalist American Century vision then rising--in which the United States rejected colonialism and imperialism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWallace's political vision - as well as his standing in the Democratic Party - were quickly sidelined. In the decades to come, other progressive forces would mount similar campaigns: George McGovern and Jesse Jackson more prominently. As John Nichols chronicles in this book, they ultimately failed - a warning to would-be reformers today - but their successive efforts provide us with insights into the nature of the Democratic Party, and a strategic script for the likes of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Nichols\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1788737407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788737401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Nichols\u003c\/b\u003e is the Washington correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe Nation \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, a contributing writer for the \u003ci\u003eProgressive\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn These Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the associate editor of Madison, Wisconsin's \u003ci\u003eCapital Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He's the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Death and Life of American Journalism, The Genius of Impeachment \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe S Word\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Nichols","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44047576400127,"sku":"9781788737401","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fcd4b361-2e68-410f-9562-966bb140e324.jpg?v=1684991005","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fight-for-the-soul-john-nichols-9781788737401","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}