A recent book by Howard Brick and Christopher Phelps which retraces the troubled history of American radicalism over the past fifty years. Even though sometimes excessive in exalting a radical visionary premonition of previously unthinkable social alterations, the outcome of Radicals in America is not only a comprehensive account of these multifaceted left-wing tendencies but also an up-to-date historiographical attempt to explore the global circulation of radical cultures and ideas, and to push the boundaries of the history of American radicalism from a Transatlantic perspective.
Keywords: U.S. left, Political radicalism, Transatlantic history, American exceptionalism

Giovanni Borgognone, Illusions, expectations, and transatlantic connections in the American radical experience. The author reviews Radicals in America. The U.S. Left Since the Second World War in "PASSATO E PRESENTE" 100/2017, pp. 192-202, DOI:10.3280/PASS2017-100012