Böcker av John Morton Blum

A distinguished historian examines the nation's involvement in a war that most americans thought necessary and righteous. He focuses on the home front: how our culture and politics affected the course of the war and how the war in turn affected us. Index.

"A study of four controversial presidents that goes beyond the nature of their administrations and penetrates to fundamental questions of presidential power. Balanced [and] knowledgeable." -James MacGregor Burns

The essays in this book focus on particular questions, like the historical relationship between race and poverty, or the constraining influence of children's literature. Some essays explore particular episodes like the foreign 'scare' after World War I.