The Democrats' Dilemma: Walter F. Mondale and the Liberal Legacy

by Steven M. Gillon

Book Overview

What does Walter Mondale's career reveal about the dilemma of the modern Democtratic party and the crisis of postwar American liberalism? Steven M. Gillon 's answer is that Mondale's frustration as Jimmy Carter's vice president and his failure to unseat the immensely popular President Reagan in 1984 reveal the beleaguered state of a party torn apart by generational and ideological disputes.

The Democrats' Dilemma begins with Mondale's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231076312
• ISBN13: 9780231076319
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"