Right Turn [[electronic resource] ] : John T. Flynn and the Transformation of American Liberalism / / John E. Moser

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910478872203321
• Autore: Moser John E. <1966->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; ; London : , : New York University Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• ISBN: 0-8147-6417-7; 0-8147-5974-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.52/ 092
• Soggetti: Conservatism - United States - History - 20th century; Liberalism - United States - History - 20th century; Journalists - United States; Political activists - United States; Electronic books.; United States Politics and government 1933-1953
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Irish exaggerations -- Business must be governed -- An empty collection of syllables -- Pay as we fight -- A pretty sorry board -- A plague of promisers -- A great and grand guy, once -- A very responsible committee -- The Nazi transmission belt -- The good name of a noble cause -- The smear offensive -- A bitter and disheartening struggle -- God bless Joe McCarthy -- It sickens my soul.
• Sommario/riassunto: John T. Flynn, a prolific writer, columnist for the New Republic , Harper's Magazine , and Collier's Weekly , radio commentator, and political activist, was described by the New York Times in 1964 as "a man of wide-ranging contradictions." In this new biography of Flynn, John E. Moser fleshes out his many contradictions and profound influence on U.S. history and political discourse. In the 1930s, Flynn advocated extensive regulation of the economy, the breakup of holding companies, and heavy taxes on the wealthy. A mere fifteen years later he was denouncing the New Deal as "creeping socialism,