Us vs. Them American Political and Cultural

Culture. Politics. Thick, impenetrable tension. Post-1945 America. Professor Robert Bresler broaches these interwoven themes in Us vs. Them: American Political and Cultural Conflict from WWII to Watergate, a reader in the American Visions series. Of

Robert J. Bresler is professor of public policy at the School of Public Affairs, Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg

Part I

The Rise and Fall of the American Consensus

3

(98)

Robert J. Bresler

Suggestions for Further Reading

101

(6)

Part II

State of the Union Address

107

(4)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The Vital Center

111

(22)

Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

A Republican Looks at His Party

133

(14)

Arthur Larson

A Call to Greatness

147

(8)

Adlai Stevenson

Mlle. Gulliver en Amerique

155

(6)

Mary McCarthy

The Know-Nothing Bohemians

161

(18)

Norman Podhoretz

The Motion Picture Production Code

Motion Picture Association of America

173

(6)

Farewell Address

179

(6)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Letter from Birmingham Jail

185

(16)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Commencement Address at American University

201

(24)

John F. Kennedy

The Sharon Statement

Young Americans for Freedom

211

(2)

The Port Huron Statement

Students for a Democratic Society

213

(12)

Commencement Address at the University of Michigan

225

(6)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Trapped in a System

231

(10)

Carl Oglesby

The New Mutants

241

(8)

Leslie Fiedler

Sex and Caste

249

(4)

Casey Hayden

Mary King

The Watergate Charges: Protecting the National Security

253

Richard M. Nixon

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Us vs. Them American Political and Cultural Conflict from WWII to Watergate

Summary

Author Biography

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials