Description: An award-winning journalist and author examines the history of liberalism, from the American and French revolutions through the writings of John Stuart Mill and early 20th-century American progressives to its uncertain future.
Review Quotes: "No post-mortem, James Traub's urgent book accounts for what liberalism has been, why it stumbled, and why it must revive. Much as in the 1930s, assaults on liberal politics from the right and the left practically define our low, dishonest time. Traub joins a rising tide of writers, citizens, and political leaders who are reclaiming the rich, soulful, and indispensable liberal tradition."--Sean Wilentz