"How did an eloquent progressive who voted for Norman Thomas in the
1930s become a cheerleader for Joe McCarthy? This well-crafted
biography rescues the memory of John T. Flynn, a true American
original, and illuminates a large and neglected terrain of
twentieth-century political history."
--Michael Kazin, author of "The Populist Persuasion: An American
History" and co-author of "America Divided: The Civil War of the
1960s"
"An informative, insightful account of the career of a
once-popular opinion-maker."
--"Journal of American History"
"John T. Flynn is a subject richly deserving of a scholarly and
readable biography, and, thanks to John. E. Moser, he now has
one."
--"Chronicles"
aGiven current debates over global intervention and government's
role in the economy, this volume could not be more timely.a
--Justus D. Doenecke, author of "Storm on the Horizon: The
Challenge to American Intervention, 1939a1941"
"Provides a helpful backdrop to current debaes over social
welfare and foreign policy, which have thier roots in another
time."
--"Washington Examiner"
"With Right Turn John Moser has made a major contribution to the
historical literature of American intellectual dissent. John T.
Flynn, the subject of this extremely well written and carefully
researched biography, was an eloquent and hyperbolic critic of the
developing national security state, the Cold War consensus as well
as American imperialism. Moser captures the essence of the man, his
many contradictions, his considerable influence, and his great
courage. A very good read!"
--Michael Wreszin is author of A Rebel in Defense of Tradition: The
Life and Politics of Dwight Macdonald
"Much-neededand well-researched."BR>--"Claremont Review of
Books"
John T. Flynn, a prolific writer, columnist for the New
Republic, Harper's Magazine, and Collier's Weekly, radio
commentator, and political activist, was described by the "New York
Times" in 1964 as "a man of wide-ranging contradictions." In this
new biography of Flynn, John E. Moser fleshes out his many
contradictions and profound influence on U.S. history and political
discourse.
In the 1930s, Flynn advocated extensive regulation of the
economy, the breakup of holding companies, and heavy taxes on the
wealthy. A mere fifteen years later he was denouncing the New Deal
as "creeping socialism," calling for an abolition of the income
tax, and hailing Senator Joseph McCarthy and his fellow
anticommunists as saviors of the American Republic. Yet throughout
his career he insisted that he had remained true to the principles
of liberalism as he understood them.
It was America's political culture that changed, he argued, and
not his values and views. Drawing on Flynn's life and his prolific
writings, Moser illuminates how liberalism in America changed
during the mid-twentieth century and considers whether Flynn's
ideological odyssey was the product of opportunism, or the result
of a set of deep-seated principles that he championed consistently
over the years. In addition, Right Turn examines Flynn's role in
laying the foundations for the "culture war" that would be played
out in American society for the rest of the century, helping to
define modern American conservatism.
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