Albert Gore, Sr.

Anthony J. Badger is Professor in American History at Northumbria University and Emeritus Paul Mellon Professor of American History at Cambridge University. He is author of several books, including FDR: The First Hundred Days and The New Deal: The Depression Years, 1933-1940.

"Mr. Badger, a British historian of the American New Deal, has an instinctive grasp of American culture and politics." (The Wall Street Journal) "An interesting study filled with useful historical context . . . A British historian fascinated with the American South examines the changes in the region through the political career of Albert Gore Sr. (1907-1998). Badger offers a great deal of information about the U.S. senator from Tennessee-and father of former vice president Al Gore Jr." (Kirkus Reviews) "From the New Deal to the Nixon administration, Albert Gore Sr. of Tennessee played a critical role in the most important political developments of the era. Anthony J. Badger has brought his deft hand to Gore's political life and produced a first-rate biography that should be a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how American politics ended up where it is today." (Journal of American History) "A superb book-imaginatively and exhaustively researched, rich in provocative arguments and original insights, and written with clarity and polish. Anthony J. Badger uses Gore's career to illuminate the development of the modern American South, the transformation of Southern and national politics, and the legislative history of such key measures as the Interstate Highway Act and Medicare." (Joseph Crespino, Emory University) "A sophisticated account of an important figure in the history of Southern politics and modern American liberalism. Anthony J. Badger elucidates particular lines along which liberal politics evolved in the middle decades of the twentieth century and dramatizes the transformation of southern politics during this same time." (Bruce Schulman, Boston University)