John Spargo and American Socialism

ISBN-13: 9781403975003 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 336 str.

Markku Ruotsila

Opis

This is the first complete biography of John Spargo, a key popularizer of evolutionary socialism in the Socialist Party of America in the early Twentieth century. One of the earliest forerunners of neoconservatism, he played a central role in constructing American anticommunism after 1917.

Spis treści

Introduction Beginnings Hyndman's Disciple Starting Over in America Applied Socialism and Is Enemies War and Revolution Boring from Within Colby Note and After Turning Rightwards Socialized Individualism Confronting the New Deal Combating the New Dealers At War Again Cold Warrior Epilogue

O autorze

MARKKU MIKAEL RUOTSILA is Adjunct Professor of American and British History at the University of Tampere, Finland. His previous books include British and American Anticommunism Before the Cold War and Churchill and Finland: A Study in Anticommunism and Geopolitics.