Nicolaus Mills is professor of American Studies at Sarah Lawrence College. Michael Walzer is UPS Foundation Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of more than a dozen books, including On Toleration, and The Jewish Political Tradition, Volumes I and II, all published by Yale University Press.
Founded in 1954, the periodical Dissent has sparked debates about political ideas and about American and global issues ever since. This provocative collection of articles published in Dissent over the past fifty years shows why. Contributors from Norman Mailer to Theodore Draper to Michael Kazin offer enlightening perspectives on each fascinating decade. I find this volume of essays impressive not only in their quality but also in their surprising relevance to political life today. -Robert Dahl, author of How Democratic Is the American Constitution?