On the Edge: A History of America from 1890 to 1945

by David Horowitz, Peter N. Carroll, David D. Lee

Begins with the closing of the continental frontier and U.S. expansion overseas of the 1890s. Covers WWI and internationalism, consumerism and the cultural conflicts of the 1920s, the Depression and the New Deal, the strategic and domestic significance of WWII (Also available: On The Edge: A History of America since World War II, and a combined volume, On The Edge: A New History of America in the Twentieth Century). See combined volume description below.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

David Joel Horowitz was an American conservative writer and activist. He was a founder and president of the David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC); editor of the Center's website FrontPage Magazine; and director of Discover the Networks, a website that tracks individuals and groups on the political left. Horowitz also founded the organization Students for Academic Freedom.
Horowitz wrote several books with author Peter Collier, including four on prominent 20th-century American families. He and Collier have collaborated on books about cultural criticism. Horowitz worked as a columnist for Salon.
From 1956 to 1975, Horowitz was an outspoken adherent of the New Left. He later rejected progressive ideas and became a defender of neoconservatism. Horowitz recounted his ideological journey in a series of retrospective books, culminating with his 1996 memoir Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey.