The Cycles of American History,9780395957936

The Cycles of American History

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780395957936
ISBN10: 0395957931
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-06-16
Publisher(s): Mariner Books
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Summary

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., first revealed the sequences that governed American politics over the past two centuries in The Cycles of American History. In this updated edition, the prominent political historian continues to reflect on the "recurring struggle between pragmatism and idealism in the American soul" (Time). Faced with a new century, a new millennium, and social and technological revolutions, Schlesinger confronts the possibility of a revolution in American political cycles.

Author Biography

ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER, JR., the author of sixteen books, was a renowned historian and social critic. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize, in 1946 for The Age of Jackson and in 1966 for A Thousand Days. He was also the winner of the National Book Award for both A Thousand Days and Robert Kennedy and His Times (1979). In 1998 he was awarded the prestigious National Humanities Medal.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Mariner Edition vi
Foreword x
I
The Theory of America: Experiment or Destiny?
3(20)
The Cycles of American Politics
23(28)
II
Foreign Policy and the American Character
51(18)
National Interests and Moral Absolutes
69(18)
Human Rights and the American Tradition
87(24)
The Solzhenitsyn Challenge
111(7)
America and Empire
118(45)
Why the Cold War?
163(56)
III
Affirmative Government and the American Economy
219(37)
The Short Happy Life of American Political Parties
256(21)
After the Imperial Presidency
277(60)
The Future of the Vice Presidency
337(36)
Vicissitudes of Presidential Reputations
373(46)
Democracy and Leadership
419(18)
Acknowledgments 437(2)
Notes 439(36)
Index 475

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