The study of two great demagogues in American history--Huey P. Long; a first-term United States Senator from the red-clay; piney-woods country of nothern Louisiana; and Charles E. Coughlin; a Catholic priest from an industrial suburb near Detroit. Award-winning historian Alan Brinkely describes their modest origins and their parallel rise together in the early years of the Great Depression to become the two most successful leaders of national political dissidence of their era. *Winner of the American Book Award for History*
#443583 in Books 1991-03-17 1991-03-17Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.20 x 1.10 x 6.00l; 1.69 #File Name: 0393960560560 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy AJPvery detailed and clear0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Text on Constitution; Vol 1.By David M SissonLong standing basis text on the subject. Authoritative and in depth.15 of 16 people found the following review helpful. A Must have!By Monty RaineyThe book I have is slightly different that what is offered here. I have the 3rd edition of this book; which was printed in 1963. At that time; this was all one volume; though quite a handful at over 1;000 pages. The new two-volume edition has added the chapters covering the years since the Kennedy years including Watergate; the Burger Court and what must surely be a fascinating chapter on Judicial Review and Constitutionalism.If there is a book available anywhere that present the history and development of the Constitution in a unbiased manner; this book is it. The authors simply present the facts and leave the reader to come to thier own conclusions.If you are a student or just want to learn about the Constitution; or need to research the history of the development of the Constitution and what the Courts have done to subvert it; this is a must have for your personal library. My old 1963 volumes probably has more notes in the margins than any other book I own. You will use it often and learn imensely from it.I anxiously await the opportunity to read the updated chapters in volume two.Monty Rainey[...]
