02915oam 22006134a 450 991047887220332120170815163219.00-8147-6417-70-8147-5974-2(CKB)2670000000155495(EBL)865712(OCoLC)779828207(SSID)ssj0000607651(PQKBManifestationID)11336591(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607651(PQKBWorkID)10590574(PQKB)11419068(OCoLC)794701132(MdBmJHUP)muse10592(MiAaPQ)EBC865712(EXLCZ)99267000000015549520040930d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRight Turn[electronic resource] John T. Flynn and the Transformation of American Liberalism /John E. MoserNew York ;London :New York University Press,[2005]©20051 online resource (287 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-5700-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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,ConservatismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryLiberalismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryJournalistsUnited StatesBiographyPolitical activistsUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesPolitics and government1933-1953Electronic books. ConservatismHistoryLiberalismHistoryJournalistsPolitical activists320.52/ 092Moser John E.1966-626163MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910478872203321Right turn1218509UNINA