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American Contradiction: Revolution and Revenge from the 1950s to Now Cookbook_Gift_Guide byzantine public battles with CongressHow did Americans come to elect Barack Obamaand then Donald Trump? Those choices capture what Paul Starr calls the American contradiction. The whole truth about America, Starr argues in this new history of the United States since the 1950s, has never been contained in one consistent set of values or interests. The nation was born in the contradiction between freedom and slavery. Today it is beset by a contradiction between a changing people and a