Contested Truths: Keywords in American Politics Since Independence
Contested Truthsis the best synthesis and interpretation of American political ideas since the work of [Richard] Hofstadter...Rogers has made a major contribution to intellectual history. (Tom Bender)Daniel Rodgers offers a vivid retelling of the American political experience as a contest of words and a contest for ideas by a people to whom language had become an indispensable tool of revolution and statecraft. (Benjamin Barber, Rutgers University)An absolutely first-rate intellectual treat. I cannot remember when I so enjoyed a book about ideas, history, and politics. A must read for anyone interested in how and why Americans have used and transformed the language of politics for 200 years. (Isaac Kramnick, Cornell University)