| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 110.3

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Book Review

Canada and the United States

Edward D. Berkowitz. Robert Ball and the Politics of Social Security. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 2003. Pp. xx, 455. $45.00.

Edward D. Berkowitz, the preeminent historian of the U.S. welfare state, picked a propitious moment to publish his latest book, the story of Robert Ball, the individual most responsible for creating Social Security as we know it today. In this finely detailed history, Berkowitz portrays Ball as the consummate civil servant. Based on wide and deep research, this book advances substantially our knowledge of Social Security. It also serves as a timely reminder about precisely how radical is President George W. Bush's plan to privatize Social Security. Unfortunately, few general readers will pick up this dry-as-dust book, few journalists are likely to read it to inform themselves better about the subject, and many historians may also turn away from an old-fashioned form of administrative history.

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