America Divided

Maurice Isserman and Michael Kazin, who is a specialist in populist movements, cover the 1960s from the 1950s through the Watergate scandal. Isserman is known for his work on the American Left. Their account follows the decade's major political leaders, focusing on what they did in public and in private.

The authors also examine the wider social and cultural currents of the period, along with grassroots political movements that shaped it. Their approach connects elite politics with the ordinary activism happening alongside it.