Tracing the birth of liberalism in post war America through the personalities of those who helped create it. The extrordinary stories of politicians, intellectuals, visionaries, activist and public personalities who battled for the heart and soul of the nation are described in this definitive history. Liberals have struggled to bring social justice to a divided America, trying to end economic inequality, racial discrimination and political repression whilst recogonising the difficulty of change. Bestselling authors and historians traces the history of change.