The Guardians: Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment

How liberalism and one of the most dramatic eras in American history were shaped by an influential university president and his powerful circle of friends

Yale's Kingman Brewster was the first and only university president to appear on the covers of Time and Newsweek, and the last of the great campus leaders to become an esteemed national figure. He was also the center of the liberal establishment—a circle of influential men who fought to keep the United States true to ideals and extend the...