Voices of protest

This book by Alan Brinkley examines the roles of Huey Long and Father Charles Coughlin as prominent critics of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policies during the Great Depression.

It details their rise to national prominence, their populist and reformist agendas, and their eventual decline.

Brinkley argues that these figures represented genuine popular anxieties rooted in the American experience of the Great Depression, rather than being proto-fascists.

The book provides a compelling account of Long's charismatic rise and Coughlin's use of radio to mobilize support, as well as their complex relationships with Roosevelt and the broader political landscape of the time.