Apocalypse Then American Intellectuals and the Vietnam War, 1954-1975
| Author/creator | Tomes, Robert R. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Fredericksburg : New York University Press |
| Description | 298 p. 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Summary | Annotation <p>Prior to the Vietnam war, American intellectual life rested comfortably on shared assumptions and often common ideals. Intellectuals largely supported the social and economic reforms of the 1930s, the war against Hitler's Germany, and U.S. conduct during the Cold War. By the early 1960s, a liberal intellectual consensus existed.</p><p>The war in Southeast Asia shattered this fragile coalition, which promptly dissolved into numerous camps, each of which questioned American institutions, values, and ideals. Robert R. Tomes sheds new light on the demise of Cold War liberalism and the development of the New Left, and the steady growth of a conservatism that used Vietnam, and anti-war sentiment, as a rallying point. Importantly, Tomes provides new evidence that neoconservatism retreated from internationalism due largely to Vietnam, only to regroup later with substantially diminished goals and expectations.</p><p>Covering vast archival terrain,<b>Apocalypse Then</b>stands as the definitive account of the impact of the Vietnam war on American intellectual life.</p> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 98019769 |
| ISBN | 9780814782620 |
| ISBN | 0814782620 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780814782620 |
| Stock number | 00019179 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |