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    John Patrick Diggins

    John Patrick Diggins is the author of The Rise and Fall of the American Left and The Proud Decades: 1941–1960, in addition to biographies of John Adams and Max Weber. He is a distinguished professor of history at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He lives in New York City.

    John Patrick Diggins

    John Patrick Diggins is the author of The Rise and Fall of the American Left and The Proud Decades: 1941–1960, in addition to biographies of John Adams and Max Weber. He is a distinguished professor of history at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He lives in New York City.

    Books by John Patrick Diggins

    • The Rise and Fall of the American Left

      John Patrick Diggins

      Paperback, 1993

      “Informative and useful. . . . A balanced history of leftist American politics in the 20th century. . . . Admirably nonpartisan.” —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

    • The Proud Decades: America in War and Peace, 1941-1960

      John Patrick Diggins

      Paperback, 1989

      "Richly instructive. . . . With characteristic cogency and verve John Diggins has painted a memorable portrait of the United States at a triumphant moment in its history."—David M. Kennedy,...

    • Ronald Reagan: Fate, Freedom, and the Making of History

      John Patrick Diggins

      Paperback, 2008

      An important reassessment of the fortieth president, placing him in the pantheon with Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt.

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