1st edition. Language: English. ISBN: 0195057481. EAN: 9780195057485.

Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.

Physical description; 359 pp. Contents; 1: History of an encounter -- Early years: isolation and internal strife -- Progressives, socialists, and the united front -- The theory and practice of front organizations -- The "red decade" -- World War II: demise and rebirth of the popular front -- Liberal anticommunism during the Cold War era -- The revival of anti-anticommunism -- 2: Organizational response: cooperation with, acceptance or exclusion of Communists -- The American civil liberties union through changing times -- The peace movement: the difficulty of learning from experience -- The travail of progressivism -- The committee of a sane nuclear policy: from center to left -- The nonexclusionary policy triumphant: SDS and the movement against the Vietnam War -- 3: American Communism today -- The old left-new left Nexus -- Retrospect and outlook. Subjects; Communist Party of the United States of America History 20th century. Politics and government.



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BZDB318 Unbranded ISBN: 0195057481 EAN: 9780195057485 Lewy, Guenter (1923-) The cause that failed : communism in American political life / Guenter Lewy