What Was Liberalism?: The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble Idea

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What Was Liberalism?: The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble IdeaA sweeping history of liberalism, from its earliest origins to its imperiled present and uncertain future Donald Trump is the first American president to regard liberal values with open contempt. He has company: the leaders of Italy, Hungary, Poland, and Turkey, among others, are also avowed illiberals. What happened? Why did liberalism lose the support it once enjoyed? In What Was Liberalism?, James Traub returns to the origins of liberalism, in the

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