Michael Kazin is a Professor in the Department of History at Georgetown University. An expert in U.S. politics and social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, his most recent book is War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918, which was named an Editor’s Choice by the New York Times Book Review. Professor Kazin is co-editor of “Dissent,” a leading magazine of the American left since 1954.