{"product_id":"apocalypse-then-american-intellectuals-and-the-vietnam-war-19541975-9780814782620","title":"Apocalypse Then  American Intellectuals and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn account of the impact of the Vietnam War on American intellectual life. Aiming to shed light on the demise of Cold War liberalism and the development of the New Left, the book examines the steady growth of a conservatism that used Vietnam and anti-war sentiment as a rallying point.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this work of prodigious scholarship, Robert Tomes has illuminated both the intellectual contours of this country's Vietnam trauma and the even larger story of the breakdown of the liberal consensus after 1960. An extremely valuable contribution. -- David Levy,author of The Debate Over Vietnam\u003cbr\u003eTraditional intellectual history at its finest. . . . a comfortable, logical, uncontroversial book that is likely to remain a standard work for a long time. * H-Net *\u003cbr\u003eA welcome addition . . . Valuable not only for its documentation of changing ideas, but also because it reveals broad intellectual contours. . . . Anyone who seeks to understand the passion of intellectuals about the war as well as its impact on American political and social ideas will want to read this book. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eThis is more than just another book about the Vietnam War: Robert R. Tomes offers an intellectual history of the war on the home front. . . . Constitutes a superb start for cultural and intellectual historians interested in the reception of the war on the home front. * The Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003eInteresting and thought-provoking . . . a lively account. * The Journal of Military History *","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405911630167,"sku":"9780814782620","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814782620.jpg?v=1730493877","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/apocalypse-then-american-intellectuals-and-the-vietnam-war-19541975-9780814782620","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}