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Chapters seven and eight were great! The great unwinding followed by the parry that lost its way 🙂 one more chapter and I’m looking forward to the classic conclusion of every leftist politics book

I’m enjoying the pacing more of this book! Chapter five was microscopic in scale, with a really captivating play-by-play coverage/analysis of the 1944 DNC, whereas chapter six expands into a critical meditation on the Democratic Party’s emergence as the “not-as-bad-as-the-Republicans” camp. Political democracy and economic democracy might be the antidote to American fascism, per Nichols thus far?

First four chapters were great but also super dense -- this is taking a lot more time than I initially budgeted. Super illuminating and inspiring material though -- this book is a wildly informative project, largely thanks to the crazy impressive sourcing. Peter Dreir mentioned!!! Looking forward to faster progress soon...

The author’s historical research and synthesis is super impressive - I appreciated chapter two’s examination of the Four Freedoms etc

I get around three weeks to read this book, and I’m super excited to do so! Henry Wallace is a really compelling figure in movement history/progressive politics, and I look forward to learning more! I just hope it doesn’t blend too much with J William Fulbright in my mind lol