February 21
Cold War Liberalism


The Rosenberg case--perhaps the best symbol of Cold War liberalism

READINGS:

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Thomas Sugrue, "Crabgrass-Roots Politics: Race, Rights, and the Reaction against Liberalism in the Urban North, 1940-1964," Journal of American History 82 (1995), pp. 557-578.

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Steven Gillon, Politics and Vision, SB.

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Robert Dallek, Lone Star Rising, SB.

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Hubert Humphrey, 1948 Democratic National Convention (scroll up after reaching the site)

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William Faulkner, 1950, "On the Difficulties of Being an Artist in the Nuclear Age"

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Reading Notes

Clearinghouse site: postwar US, book reviews