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The Long War is full of important, previously untold stories about relations between intellectuals and the radical parties. It offers moments of real subtlety and insight."—Alan Filreis, University of Pennsylvania
"Better than any study I know,
The Long War articulates the relationship between the anti-Stalinism of American intellectuals during the 1930s and the ideology of anti-Communism that has dominated American culture and society since the 1950s. The book is also a significant intervention into the historiographical debates concerning the American Communist Party and the People’s Front tactic it embraced during the late 1930s."—Arthur D. Casciato, Miami University, Ohio
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Abbreviations Used in the Text xiii
Introduction 1
1. "Leftbound Local": The Lost Generation, Social Activists, Communists, and the Depression 18
2. "The Disinherited": The Emergence of a Left-wing Opposition, 1932-1935 52
3. Becoming "More Liberal": constructing the People's Front, 1935-1937 87
4. Challenging "The Writers Congress Creed": Left-wing Opposition to the People's Front, 1937-1938 106
5. "The More Developed Writers": Managing the People's Front, 1937-1938 132
6. "Bystanders" and the "Tit for Tat Front": The Emergence of Extremism on Either Side of the Front Barrier, 1939 148
7. "A Pretty Pickle": The Nazi-Soviet Pact and the Breakup of the Intellectual People's Front, 1939-1940 164
8. Countering "Totalitarian Liberalism": The Demise of Anti-Stalinism and the Emergence of Liberal Anticommunism, 1939-1940 186
9. The "Official Creed": The Legacy of the 1930s Intellectual Left 209
"Newcomers . . . Forcing Themselves toward the Fore": Some Conclusions 234
Notes 241
Selected Bibliography 299
Index 315
