Description: The story of the dramatic postwar struggle over the proper role of citizens and government in American society.
Brief description: Paul Sabin is the Randolph W. Townsend, Jr. Professor of History at Yale University and director of the Yale Environmental Humanities Program. He is the author of The Bet. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
Review Quotes: [Sabin's] cogent history is timely and likely to be enduring. An insightful and squirm-inducing account of how the good guys won and then lost.-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred)"