The vital center
Subtitle: the politics of freedom
By: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. ; with a new introduction by the author.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Totalitarianism; Communism; Liberalism; United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953
Description: The Vital Center is an eloquent and incisive defense of liberal democracy against its rivals to the left and to the right, communism and fascism. It shows how the failures of free society had led to the mass escape from freedom and sharpened the appeal of totalitarian solutions. And it calls for a radical reconstruction of the democratic faith based on a realistic understanding of human limitation and frailty.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-268) and index.
Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1949.