Liberalism against ItselfThe Cold War roots of liberalism's present crisis A daring new book. Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post A fascinating and combative intellectual history. Gideon Rachman, Financial Times By the middle of the twentieth century, many liberals looked glumly at the world modernity had brought about, with its devastating wars, rising totalitarianism, and permanent nuclear terror. They concluded that, far from offering a solution to these problems, the ideals