On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. While most of the country began to break out in riots over the assassination, Robert F. Kennedy delivered one of his most famous speeches in Indianapolis in an attempt to bring together a country on the edge of destruction. Author Michael Cohen speaks to both events and their impact on America at that time. [ Ссылка ]

In American Maelstrom, Michael A. Cohen captures the full drama of the 1968 election, establishing it as the hinge between the decline of political liberalism, the ascendancy of conservative populism, and the rise of anti-government attitudes that continue to dominate the nation's political discourse. In this sweeping and immersive new book, Cohen takes us to the very source of our modern politics of division.

Michael A. Cohen is a national political columnist for The Boston Globe. He writes regularly on American politics and U.S. foreign policy and has previously been a columnist for the Guardian and Foreign Policy. He is the author of Live from the Campaign Trail: The Greatest Presidential Campaign Speeches of the 20th Century and How They Shaped Modern America. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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