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But to make sense of a nations entire history, an author has to explain the weight and meaning of worldviews that are not his own and that, as an engaged citizen, he does not favor. Despite the energetic cheerleading of preparedness supporters like theodore roosevelt and henry cabot lodge, the country generally supported woodrow wilsons policy of neutrality as europe tore itself apart and elected him to a second presidential term in 1916 as the peace candidate. He is coeditor of dissent and the author of american dreamers. The american fight for peace, 19141918, offers a thrilling account of their efforts to promote an american commitment to peace at home and abroad. During the 1960s, he fought for civil rights and against the war in vietnam and wrote fine books that sprang directly from those experiences. The civil war of the 1960s ebook written by maurice isserman, michael kazin.
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