In a book that William E. Leuchtenburg, writing in the "Atlantic," called a work of considerable power, Allen Matusow documents the rise and fall of 1960s liberalism. He offers deft treatments of the major topics--anticommunism, civil rights, Great Society programs, the counterculture--making the most, throughout, of his subject s tremendous narrative potential. Matusow s preface to the new edition explains the sometimes critical tone of his study. "The Unraveling of America," he says, was intended as a cautionary tale for liberals in the hope that when their hour struck again, they might perhaps be fortified against past error. Now that they have another chance, a look back at the 1960s might serve them well. "