The Cycles of American History - Softcover

Schlesinger, Arthur M.

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9780395454008: The Cycles of American History

Softcover

ISBN 10: 039545400X ISBN 13: 9780395454008

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 1987

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Explains how the values of one generation can influence public policies and the electorate thirty years later

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"First-rate history mixed with a strong sense of public service . . . an excellent and provocative primer on the challenges surrounding the contemporary American political setting." Christian Science Monitor

About the Author:

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.

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