The Guardians
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The Guardians

Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment

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The Guardians

Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment

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How liberalism and one of the most dramatic eras in American history were shaped by an influential university president and his powerful circle of friends Yale's Kingman Brewster was the first and only university president to appear on the covers of Time and Newsweek, and the last of the great campus leaders to become an esteemed national figure. He was also the center of the liberal establishment—a circle of influential men who fought to keep the United States true to ideals and extend the full range of American opportunities to all citizens of every class and color. Using Brewster as his focal point, Geoffrey Kabaservice shows how he and his lifelong friends—Kennedy adviser McGeorge Bundy, Attorney General and statesman Elliot Richardson, New York mayor John Lindsay, Bishop Paul Moore, and Cyrus Vance, pillar of Washington and Wall Street—helped usher this country through the turbulence of the 1960s, creating a legacy that still survives. In a narrative that is as engaging and lively as it is meticulously researched, The Guardians judiciously and convincingly reclaims the importance of Brewster and his generation, illuminating their vital place in American history as the bridge between the old establishment and modern liberalism.

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Publisher
Henry Holt and Co.
Year
2014
ISBN
9781466880054
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Conservatism & Liberalism
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Epigraph
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Origins
  9. 2. Bright College Years
  10. 3. The Leaders of the GI Generation in War and Peace
  11. 4. New Frontiers
  12. 5. Modernizers on the Move
  13. 6. Approaching Thunder
  14. 7. The Guardians of Equal Opportunity
  15. 8. A New Society Emerges
  16. 9. Heavy Turbulence
  17. 10. Into the Storm
  18. 11. New Beginnings and Endings
  19. Epilogue
  20. Notes
  21. Acknowledgments
  22. Index
  23. About the Author
  24. Copyright