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Cover -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- 1. Introduction: The Most Predictable, Unconventional Presidency -- 2. Reckoning with the Trumpian GOP -- 3. Remade in His Image: How Trump Transformed Right-Wing Media -- 4. The Crisis of Truth in the Age of Trump -- 5. Militant Whiteness in the Age of Trump -- 6. Latinos for Trump -- 7. "Send Her Back": Trump's Feud with Feminists and Conservative Women's Triumph -- 8. Immigration Policy and Politics under Trump -- 9. The Rhetoric and Reality of Infrastructure during the Trump Presidency -- 10. Against the Tide: The Trump Administration and Climate Change -- 11. From Color-Blind to Black Lives Matter: Race, Class, and Politics under Trump -- 12. The Gilded Elevator: Tech in the Time of Trump -- 13. No More Mulligans: Donald Trump and International Alliances -- 14. Trump's China Policy: The Chaotic End to the Era of Engagement -- 15. Trump's Middle East Legacy: Arms, Autocrats, and Annexations -- 16. "Nut Job," "Scumbag," and "Fool": How Trump Tried to Deconstruct the FBI and the Administrative State-and Almost Succeeded -- 17. The 60/40 Problem: Trump, Culpability, and COVID-19 -- 18. The Path of Most Resistance: How Democrats Battled Trump and Moved Left -- 19. Impeachment after Trump -- Notes -- Index.

""When I marched in Selma, I felt my legs were praying." So said Polish-born American rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) of his involvement in the 1965 Selma civil rights march alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. Heschel, who spoke with a fiery moralistic fervor, dedicated his career to the struggle to improve the human condition through faith. In this new biography, author Julian Zelizer tracks Heschel's early years and foundational influences-his childhood in Warsaw and early education in Hassidism, his studies in late 1920s and early 1930s Berlin, and the fortuitous opportunity, which brought him to the United States, to study at Hebrew Union College and teach at the Jewish Theological Seminary. This deep and complex portrait places Heschel at the crucial intersection between religion and progressive politics in mid-twentieth-century America. To this day Heschel remains a symbol of the fight to make progressive Jewish values relevant in the secular world"--

In recent years, the study of American political history has experienced a remarkable renaissance. After decades during which the subject fell out of fashion and disappeared from public view, it has returned to prominence as the study of American history has shifted its focus back to politics broadly defined. In this book, one of the leaders of the resurgence in American political history, Julian Zelizer, assesses its revival and demonstrates how this work not only illuminates the past but also helps us better understand American politics today.

In recent years, the study of American political history has experienced a remarkable renaissance. After decades during which the subject fell out of fashion and disappeared from public view, it has returned to prominence as the study of American history has shifted its focus back to politics broadly defined. In this book, one of the leaders of the resurgence in American political history, Julian Zelizer, assesses its revival and demonstrates how this work not only illuminates the past but also helps us better understand American politics today.

An examination of Carter's presidency and his emergence as an important voice for international diplomacy and negotiation

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