Author:
Katznelson, Ira.
Edition Statement:First Edition.
Imprint:New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
Descriptionxii, 706 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Note:Introduction : Triumph and sorrow -- pt. 1. Fight against fear -- A journey without maps -- Pilot, judge, senator -- "Strong medicine" -- pt. 2. Southern cage -- American with a difference -- Jim Crow Congress -- Ballots for soldiers -- pt. 3. Emergency -- Radical moment -- The first crusade -- Unrestricted war -- pt. 4. Democracy's price -- Public procedures, private interests -- "Wildest hopes" -- Armed and loyal -- Epilogue : January 1953.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note: Awards2014 winner of the Bancroft Prize.