92YU: Fear Itself - The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time

Ira Katznelson looks at the New Deal era through an international lens that juxtaposes a struggling democracy with enticing ideologies like Fascism and Communism.

Hear about the politicians and pundits of the day, including Walter Lippmann, who argued that America needed a dose of dictatorship, and Robert Oppenheimer, who built the atomic bomb, yet was tragically undone by the nation’s hysteria.

This program includes a round-table lunch discussion with the speaker immediately following the talk.

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