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National Book Foundation > Author > Eric F. Goldman
Eric F. Goldman (1915–1989) was for many years professor of history at Princeton University. From 1963 to 1966 he was special adviser to President Lyndon Johnson. His other books include The Crucial Decade and The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson. [Ivan R. Dee] More about this author >
Eric Goldman tells a story of the wise and the shortsighted, the bold and the timid, the generous and the grasping men and women who are the stuff of American reform. He begins in the years after the Civil War, when our tradition of dissent was fueled by industrialization and urbanization. More about this book >