Reading this book is like taking bitter medicine. It's good for you, but not pleasant. I had the same feeling at the beginning of this book as when I began Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee; which was, "This isn't not going to end well."The book is about the post Civil War reconstruction era. This is...
Bill Kauffman turns the meaning of lib ral and conservative upside down in America First: Its History Culture and Politics. He suggests that an examination of the history of isolationist and non-interventionist movements reveals them to be closely tied to the much maligned voice of the populists, ...