Politics of Petulance - America in an Age of Immaturity

In this book he diagnoses what led to Trump: a culture of political immaturity-one that we've seen before, most recently in the McCarthy era, and defeated before. Looking to the midcentury intellectuals who helped win that battle, Wolfe charts a strategy for our own time.

Summary

In this book he diagnoses what led to Trump: a culture of political immaturity—one that we’ve seen before, most recently in the McCarthy era, and defeated before. Looking to the midcentury intellectuals who helped win that battle, Wolfe charts a strategy for our own time.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Wolfe, Wolfe Alan
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9780226555164
• ISBN: 978-0-226-55516-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, History of the Americas, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies