Book summary

It is no secret that the 1960s were a radical decade, one in which an emerging counterculture of music, marches, and liberal ideals forced the government to bring about changes in Civil Rights, economics, and the overall machinery of American Democracy. But in THE LIBERAL HOUR, authors Mackenzie and Weisbrot argue that, contrary to accepted notions, many of these radical leaps originated in Washington. This revisionist history not only sheds new light on that pivotal period, but also points to ways that today's progressive thinkers can fulfill the promise left incomplete by Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon. The book was a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for history.

Media reviews

"[A]n insightful and well-argued analysis of the 1960s' social, economic and political dynamics that opened both the public and the government to great and necessary social legislation."