This book presents an absorbing study of how educational radio, which originated to broadcast weather forecasts to farmers, has become what the Pew Center calls the most trusted source of news for American liberals and a regular in the rogue's gallery of election-year conservative targets. The...

part Part One. A New Deal or a New Dole?: Artists, Writers, and Federal One -- chapter A New Dealer, A New Deck -- chapter The Federal Writers’ Project -- chapter Art, Music, and Historical Records -- chapter Federal Theatre Project -- chapter Reds Under Beds, or Trodding Boards? -- chapter A...

chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Decrepit Old Men Asking Only for Th eir Due: Th e Origins of the Veterans Lobby -- chapter 2 Shark-Infested Waters: Th e Scramble for Pensions after the Civil War -- chapter 3 Th e War to End All Wars Does Not End All Wars but Does Give Birth to the Boners and...