The Soul of America
by Jon Meacham
Meacham on moments when fear nearly won and better angels prevailed: Reconstruction, the Klan, McCarthy, civil rights. History as reassurance and warning.
Read it if…
you want perspective on turbulent politics from history.
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Skip it if…
you want partisanship either way.
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Three things you will actually use
- Fear recurs; so does courage.
- Leaders choose which to feed.
- Hope is historical.
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Read the chapter on the Klan in the 1920s.
Our verdict
Better angels, recurring.
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