A radically new interpretation of the Progressive Era which argues that business leaders, and not the reformers, inspired the era’s legislation regarding business.

The Triumph of Conservatism: A Reinterpretation of American History, 1900-1916

Business & Money

Kolko, Gabriel

Economics

Free Press

Vietnam: Anatomy of a War, 1940-1975

This book combines brilliant technique with a firm grip of political realities. It goes far beyond the ambitions of earlier writers by synthesising the difficult story of U.S. intervention with the yet more complicated internal dynamic of the Vietnamese Revolution. The book's theme is the limitations of American power. America is simply not always capable of imposing its will and finds it very difficult to live with the frustration this causes. It argues the global goals were never obtainable.

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

History

Asia

HarperCollins, Publishers

Main currents in modern American history

Main Currents In Modern American History

Harpercollins Publisher

Railroads and Regulation, 1877-1916

"A fascinating account of the role of railroad leaders themselves in the struggle over regulation." --Harry N. Scheiber, Dartmouth College
Government regulation of the railroads is probably the most important example of federal intervention in the economy from the Civil War to World War I. It is also a key to an assessment of the impulses and motives behind Progressivism. In Railroads and Regulation, Gabriel Kolko presents a case study of the relationship of the economy to the political process in the United States during the years from 1877 to 1916.
The author discusses the extent to which the railroad industry encouraged and relied on national political solutions--such as the creation of the first significant federal regulatory agency, the Interstate Commerce Commission, in 1887--to its economic problems. He shows how this reliance created a pattern of interdependence between economic and political power that set a precedent for government regulation of the economy in the twentieth century. Drawing on new material and manuscript sources, Dr. Kolko describes the roles of the railroad men in the movement for federal regulation. The attitudes of the railroads toward regulation are placed in the broader context of the determination of governmental economic policies--policies frequently formulated in response to railroad pressure.
Dr. Kolko traces the continuity in governmental regulation between 1877 and 1900 and during the administration of Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson, with fresh material of Progressive leaders in the period from 1910 to 1916. He analyzes the origin of each major federal railroad act and the contending forces trying to shape the legislation, and gives an illuminating discussion of the relationship of the state and federal regulation.
Railroads and Regulation, 1877-1916 was awarded the Transportation History Prize of the Organization of American Historians.

Americas

W.W.Norton&Company

Drawing on recently declassified materials, this study chronicles and analyzes the political, economic, and military history of the Vietnam War through incisive critiques of decision-making in Washington, Saigon, and Hanoi

ANATOMY OF A WAR

Pantheon

Analyzes U.S. foreign policy towards the Middle East and Latin America, and argues that the U.S. has often created political instability

CONFRONTING THE THIRD WORLD

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Analyzes American politics, foreign policy, and economic development during the nation's history as a major industrial capitalist state

MAIN CURRENTS IN AMERICAN HIST

Kolko's groundbreaking and widely cited study of the Vietnam War, with a new postscript by the author.

Confronting the Third World

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The Triumph of Conservatism: A Reinterpretation of American History, 1900-1916

Vietnam: Anatomy of a War, 1940-1975

Vietnam: Anatomy of a War, 1940-1975

Main Currents In Modern American History

Railroads and Regulation, 1877-1916

ANATOMY OF A WAR

CONFRONTING THE THIRD WORLD

MAIN CURRENTS IN AMERICAN HIST

ANATOMY OF A WAR

Confronting the Third World