The Welfare State 1929-1985

by Carson, Clarence B.; Hoffman, Beth A.

• ISBN13: 9781931789240
• ISBN10: 193178924X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Exodus Books

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
The Great Depression	7	(24)
The Coming of the Depression	10	(3)
The Depression Deepens	13	(1)
Mr. Hoover's Dilemma	14	(4)
Government Response to Depression	18	(4)
The Election of 1932	22	(5)
The Banking Crisis	27	(4)
The Thrust of the New Deal	31	(28)
Origins of the New Deal	34	(4)
The First Hundred Days	38	(12)
Inflation	39	(5)
Government Planning	44	(4)
Relief	48	(2)
New Deal Hoopla and Harsh Reality	50	(6)
Foreign Policy of the Early New Deal	56	(3)
Toward the Welfare State	59	(36)
The Tenor of Life	62	(3)
The Pink Decade	65	(4)
The Second New Deal	69	(10)
Relief and Government Aid	73	(1)
National Labor Relations Act	74	(3)
Social Security	77	(2)
The New Deal at Bay	79	(7)
Courts Block New Deal	81	(4)
The Election of 1936	85	(1)
Roosevelt Takes the Offensive	86	(4)
Court Reorganization Plan	87	(2)
More Welfare Legislation	89	(1)
Evaluation of the New Deal	90	(5)
The Coming of World War II	95	(22)
War Comes to Europe	99	(5)
Nazi Conquest of Western Europe	104	(2)
The United States in the Face of World War	106	(4)
The Axis Powers Invade Russia	110	(1)
Pearl Harbor	111	(2)
A Postscript to Pearl Harbor	113	(4)
The United States in World War II	117	(28)
Mobilization for War	119	(4)
Grand Strategy for War	123	(5)
Weapons, Tactics, and Commanders	128	(4)
Early Stages of the War, 1942--1944	132	(6)
The Struggle for the South Pacific	134	(1)
The Struggle for the Mediterranean	135	(3)
Victory in Europe	138	(3)
The Election of 1944	139	(1)
The Battle of the Bulge	140	(1)
The Sweep through Germany	140	(1)
Victory against Japan	141	(4)
The Cold War	145	(38)
The Failure of the United Nations	151	(3)
Tentative Resistance to Communism	154	(5)
Communists Take China	159	(3)
The Korean Conflict	162	(8)
Anti-Communism: Popular Fervor vs. Sophistry	170	(8)
Twist and Turns in the Cold War	178	(5)
Welfarism at Home and Abroad	183	(34)
Welfarism at Home	184	(27)
Truman and the Fair Deal	185	(4)
The Eisenhower Years	189	(8)
Kennedy's New Frontier	197	(9)
Johnson and the Great Society	206	(5)
Welfarism Abroad	211	(6)
A Second Radical Reconstruction, 1960--1975	217	(46)
An Activist Supreme Court	220	(12)
Impact of the Warren Court	232	(2)
Black Activism	234	(7)
The Great Cultural Revolution	241	(4)
The War in Vietnam	245	(2)
Assault on American Civilization	247	(7)
The Revolt against Authority	254	(4)
Constitutional Reconstruction	258	(5)
The Conservative Response	263	(50)
The Conservative Movement	265	(24)
Men and Books	265	(10)
Organizations and Publications	275	(11)
Common Core of Conservative Ideas	286	(3)
Conservatism into the Political Arena	289	(24)
The Nixon Years	291	(7)
Watergate and the Aftermath	298	(6)
The Carter Interlude	304	(4)
Reagan Begins	308	(5)
Notes	313	(8)
Glossary	321	(6)
Suggestions for Additional Reading	327	(4)
Index	331