Download or read book New Deal Law and Order written by Anthony Gregory and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Gregory traces the origins of America's modern law-and-order politics to a surprising source: the New Deal, the crucible of modern liberalism. FDR's tough-on-crime agenda played a crucial role in the New Dealers' reform agenda, which greatly expanded the limits of federal power and fundamentally altered the future of the state.