In “The End of Reform”, Alan Brinkley makes it very clear that there are two types of liberalism. The first type comes from conservationism, which today can be described as liberalism. This form of early liberalism was the result of the New Deal. The ideas of this new agreement were clearly stated: to help the American people emerge from an economic depression. Essentially, the goal was to keep people alive. Due to the devastation caused by the Great Depression, it was rare to find someone able to provide for their family. The people of this country wanted two things: food for their families and for the government to protect them from the discomfort of their current financial problems. This in turn created a dependence on the government. Roosevelt being progressive in spirit, he wanted the government to be accountable to the people. This is where the second form of liberalism comes into play. Instead of just taking care of people by providing them with money and thereby creating jobs, the government started supporting and helping minorities. Meanwhile, Brinkley says progressives wanted the government to take more power over the country's economic affairs. At that time, people's mentality was that if a person was not born rich into a wealthy family, they would probably be poor for the rest of their life. The new deal was created to solve this problem by providing money to businesses, allowing them to hire more people to work, which lowered the unemployment rate. The goal of the first new deal was to keep people alive, but the second was more focused on reform. Brinkley argues that the new agreement marks the end of a progressive approach that comes from solving personal problems. ...... middle of paper ...... it was very difficult for me. I am not a great expert in knowledge of history, nor a very avid reader. It took a lot of research on topics (such as Keynesianism, which is when the economy improves due to people spending more on goods) for me to understand this book. As Brinkley focused more on certain people when writing this book, and their importance to him, it is difficult to understand what his point of view is. On many topics he gives one side of the issue, but also another side, making it very difficult to understand what he thinks about the subject. Because of Brinkley's credibility, I know that what he writes is very important and relevant to the topic at hand. I would recommend this book to someone who loves to read and has a good understanding of the basics of the New Deal era and World War II..