Product Description: Deadlock and Disillusionment: American Politics Since 1968 is an insightful consideration of the events people, and policy debates that have shaped and continue to influence, even control, the current political era. Rejects conventional wisdom that the dominant force shaping recent American politics in the last half century has been the “rise of the Right” Considers the achievements and frustrations of each administration, from Nixon to Obama, in its assessment of contemporary U...read more

In Politics as Usual, Professor Reichard describes the decade and a half following World War II as a distinct and coherent period in American political history. The book also examines the policies and leadership abilities of the two chief executives during this period. Essentially, both Harry S Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower are seen as strong leaders who had a substantial impact on their times and who managed to hold in check the divisive forces in their parties and in the nation. Despite their partisan differences, both men shared a realization of the finite nature of American power and of the frailty of economic security that helped to moderate the differences between the policies of their administrations.

A collection of primary, secondary, and visual source documents on American history, covering the period from early exploration of the New World to present times.

Product Description: Book by Bremner, Robert H., Reichard, Gary W.