Kevin Mattson: 3 books
'What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?'
Jimmy Carter, America's 'Malaise,' and the Speech That Should Have Changed the Country
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
At a critical moment in Jimmy Carter's presidency, he gave a speech that should have changed the country, instead it led to his downfall and ushered in the rise of the Conservative movement in America. Kevin Mattson gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the weeks leading up to the speech, a period...
Just Plain Dick
Richard Nixon’s Checkers Speech and the "Rocking, Socking†? Election of 1952
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
It all started with some businessmen bankrolling Richard Nixon to become a "salesman against socialization.†? But in this precursor to current campaign finance scandals, Nixon had some explaining to do to keep his place on Dwight Eisenhower's Republican ticket, so he took to the airwaves. The...
When America Was Great
The Fighting Faith of Liberalism in Post-War America
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
A sweeping intellectual history that will make us rethink postwar politics and culture, When America Was Great profiles the thinkers and writers who crafted a new American liberal tradition in a conservative era -- from historians Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and C. Vann Woodward, to economist John Kenneth...