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Fear Itself

Ira Katznelson

What did the New Deal and the war years cost American democracy, and who paid for the triumph?

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At a glance

Author
Ira Katznelson

Why read it

  • You will see how reforms that helped many left others out because of political deals with Southern leaders
  • You will learn how fear of depression, dictators and war shaped what an elected government chose to do
  • You will understand how an emergency can change rules about rights, war and power

Who it is for

  • A reader who thinks the New Deal is a simple success story
  • A student of how crises change democratic institutions
  • A history reader who wants to see Congress at work

Contents

  1. INTRODUCTION Triumph and Sorrow
  2. PART I. FIGHT AGAINST FEAR
  3. 1 A Journey without Maps
  4. 2 Pilot, Judge, Senator
  5. 3 “Strong Medicine”
  6. PART II. SOUTHERN CAGE
  7. 4 American with a Difference
  8. 5 Jim Crow Congress
  9. 6 Ballots for Soldiers
  10. PART III. EMERGENCY
  11. 7 Radical Moment
  12. 8 The First Crusade
  13. 9 Unrestricted War
  14. PART IV. DEMOCRACY’S PRICE
  15. 10 Public Procedures, Private Interests
  16. 11 “Wildest Hopes”
  17. 12 Armed and Loyal
  18. EPILOGUE January 1953
  19. Further praise for Fear Itself

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