Ebook: The liberal hour: Washington and the politics of change in the 1960s

America in the postwar years -- Politics and the liberal arc -- The federal colossus -- Free at last -- To protect the planet -- The hour of maximum danger -- A TVA in the Mekong Valley -- The end of the liberal hour -- The durable decade.;A history of the liberal movement in the 1960s argues that the government was largely responsible for many of the positive changes associated with the period, in an account that evaluates the cultural and political factors that enabled key reforms.