Books that explain postwar American politics

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The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South 1932-1968
The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South 1932-1968 3.82 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life 4.11 avg rating — 3,515 ratings
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The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It
The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It 4.04 avg rating — 1,859 ratings
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The Liberal Record: How Liberals Changed the World
The Liberal Record: How Liberals Changed the World 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
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American Dreamer: A Life of Henry A. Wallace (Norton Paperback)
American Dreamer: A Life of Henry A. Wallace (Norton Paperback) 4.34 avg rating — 284 ratings
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow
The Strange Career of Jim Crow 4.14 avg rating — 3,184 ratings
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Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician
Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician 4.05 avg rating — 61 ratings
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The Education of Ronald Reagan: The General Electric Years and the Untold Story of his Conversion to Conservatism
The Education of Ronald Reagan: The General Electric Years and the Untold Story of his Conversion to Conservatism 4.33 avg rating — 43 ratings
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The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics
The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics 4.21 avg rating — 352 ratings
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From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism
From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism 3.97 avg rating — 238 ratings
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Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right
Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right 3.78 avg rating — 760 ratings
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Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72
Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.13 avg rating — 24,129 ratings
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The Rise of the Counter-Establishment: The Conservative Ascent to Political Power
The Rise of the Counter-Establishment: The Conservative Ascent to Political Power 3.50 avg rating — 40 ratings
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George Wallace, Richard Nixon, and the Transformation of American Politics
George Wallace, Richard Nixon, and the Transformation of American Politics 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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From George Wallace to Newt Gingrich: Race in the Conservative Counterrevolution 1963-1994
From George Wallace to Newt Gingrich: Race in the Conservative Counterrevolution 1963-1994 3.88 avg rating — 94 ratings
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The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan 4.24 avg rating — 3,322 ratings
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Questions Answered: An Introduction to QAnon and the Great Awakening
Questions Answered: An Introduction to QAnon and the Great Awakening 4.03 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate
Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate 4.01 avg rating — 255 ratings
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The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men
The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men 4.08 avg rating — 1,824 ratings
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The Liberal Tradition in America
The Liberal Tradition in America 3.61 avg rating — 154 ratings
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A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America
A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America 3.86 avg rating — 937 ratings
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Henry Wallace's 1948 Presidential Campaign and the Future of Postwar Liberalism
Henry Wallace's 1948 Presidential Campaign and the Future of Postwar Liberalism 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Nightmare in Red: The McCarthy Era in Perspective
Nightmare in Red: The McCarthy Era in Perspective 3.24 avg rating — 131 ratings
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A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy
A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy 3.97 avg rating — 158 ratings
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Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)
Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3) 4.42 avg rating — 23,638 ratings
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Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality
Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality 4.44 avg rating — 712 ratings
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Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63
Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63 4.36 avg rating — 9,962 ratings
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The Warren Court and American Politics
The Warren Court and American Politics 4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The Real Making of the President: Kennedy, Nixon, and the 1960 Election
The Real Making of the President: Kennedy, Nixon, and the 1960 Election 3.95 avg rating — 38 ratings
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One Man, One Vote: Baker v. Carr and the American Levellers
One Man, One Vote: Baker v. Carr and the American Levellers 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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On Democracy's Doorstep: The Inside Story of How the Supreme Court Brought "One Person, One Vote" to the United States
On Democracy's Doorstep: The Inside Story of How the Supreme Court Brought "One Person, One Vote" to the United States 4.15 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Dallas 1963
Dallas 1963 4.17 avg rating — 1,110 ratings
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Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus 4.24 avg rating — 4,637 ratings
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Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party
Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party 3.99 avg rating — 399 ratings
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Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America 4.25 avg rating — 10,668 ratings
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The Selling of the President: The Classical Account of the Packaging of a Candidate
The Selling of the President: The Classical Account of the Packaging of a Candidate 3.87 avg rating — 949 ratings
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Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class
Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class 4.11 avg rating — 958 ratings
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Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families 4.32 avg rating — 2,729 ratings
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Marathon: The Pursuit of the Presidency 1972-1976
Marathon: The Pursuit of the Presidency 1972-1976 4.26 avg rating — 136 ratings
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Reagan
Reagan 4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings
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President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime
President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime 4.03 avg rating — 2,227 ratings
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Age of Fracture
Age of Fracture 3.98 avg rating — 416 ratings
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The Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street America
The Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street America 3.81 avg rating — 262 ratings
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What It Takes: The Way to the White House
What It Takes: The Way to the White House 4.41 avg rating — 3,144 ratings
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Bush v. Gore: Exposing the Hidden Crisis in American Democracy
Bush v. Gore: Exposing the Hidden Crisis in American Democracy 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Jefferson Rule: How the Founding Fathers Became Infallible and Our Politics Inflexible
The Jefferson Rule: How the Founding Fathers Became Infallible and Our Politics Inflexible 3.75 avg rating — 141 ratings