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Behold, America: The Entangled History of "America First" and "the American Dream"

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A Smithsonian Magazine Best History Book of 2018

The unknown history of two ideas crucial to the struggle over what America stands for


In Behold, America, Sarah Churchwell offers a surprising account of twentieth-century Americans' fierce battle for the nation's soul. It follows the stories of two phrases — the "American dream" and "America First" — that once embodied opposing visions for America.

Starting as a Republican motto before becoming a hugely influential isolationist slogan during...