With a new introduction by the author The Vital Center is an eloquent and incisive defense of liberal democracy against its rivals to the left and to the right, communism and fascism. It shows how the failures of free society had led to the mass escape from freedom and sharpened the appeal of totalitarian solutions. It calls for a radical reconstruction of the democratic faith based on a realistic understanding of human limitation and frailty.
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Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007) was Albert Schweitzer Professor of the Humanities at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. His work explored the liberalism of political leaders, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy and popularized the term imperial presidency. He is the author of numerous books, including War and the American Presidency, The Vital Center, The Age of Jackson, andA Thousand Days.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By ryn76
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Lucid, articulate, eloquent. There are long passages that are as timely now as when they were originally written in the late 40's. We desperately need a contemporary leader with this voice.
BUT do not buy the Da Capo paperback edition -- it is missing several pages at the end of one chapter and the beginning of the next.
BUT do not buy the Da Capo paperback edition -- it is missing several pages at the end of one chapter and the beginning of the next.
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By Evolver
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As a libertarian-leaning fellow, it is often difficult to find main stream literature aimed squarely at me. Though Schlesinger is a well known liberal I nonetheless found many interesting points in this book that were worth further consideration.
The chief impression that it left on me, reflected on now a year or so since I read it, is the need for a "centrism" in our politics. Schlesinger's recipe for achieving that centrism may be different than my own, but I cannot help but agree that our ends would be the same in this point.
The chief impression that it left on me, reflected on now a year or so since I read it, is the need for a "centrism" in our politics. Schlesinger's recipe for achieving that centrism may be different than my own, but I cannot help but agree that our ends would be the same in this point.
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