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Historians generally portray the 1950s as a conservative era when anticommunism and the Cold War subverted domestic reform, crushed political dissent, and ended liberal dreams of social democracy. These years, historians tell us, represented a turn to the right, a negation of New Deal liberalism, an end to reform. Jennifer A. Delton argues that, far from subverting the New Deal state, anticommunism and the Cold War enabled, fulfilled, and even surpassed the New Deal's reform agenda. Anticommunism solidified liberal political power and the Cold War justified liberal goals such as jobs creation, corporate regulation, economic redevelopment, and civil rights. She shows how despite President Eisenhower's professed conservativism, he maintained the highest tax rates in U.S. history, expanded New Deal programs, and supported major civil rights reforms.

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Author

Jennifer A. Delton

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780511996511

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Political Science, Anthropology

Rating

3.9 / 5 (10 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14