In an outsider's view of a modern American institution, Palmer (American studies, Brunel U., London) analyzes the earliest primary election in the quadrennial presidential campaign cycle. He traces t
The period from the beginning of World War I to the end of World War II was one of the most significant in the history of the United States. Twice the nation was drawn into "foreign entanglements"---
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This new, revisionist approach to the Twenties in America offers the first balanced account of the history and politics of this much-maligned decade.Focusing on the two Presidents of the 1920s, the bo
