Format:
xi, 607 p
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ill
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24 cm
ISBN:
1935191756
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9781935191759
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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World revolution, the Comintern, and CPUSA -- Woodrow Wilson : "utter simpleton" -- Potemkin progressives -- John Dewey : the Kremlin's favorite educator -- John Dewey's long, strange trip -- The redemption of Professor Dewey -- Smearing another liberal icon : CPUSA's assault on "Fascist" FDR and the New Deal -- War communism : hating FDR, loving FDR -- Duping FDR : "Uncle Joe" and "buddies" -- The Hollywood front -- October 1947 : Hollywood v. "HUAC" -- Trashing Truman : world communism and the Cold War -- Dreams from Frank Marshall Davis -- Vietnam dupes : protests, riots, and the chaotic summer of '68 -- Grown-up Vietnam dupes : Dr. Spock, Corliss Lamont, and friends -- Radicals : Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, SDS, and the Weathermen -- John Kerry--and Genghis Khan -- A kiss for Brezhnev : Jimmy Carter -- Defending the "evil empire" : stopping Ronald Reagan's "errors" and "distortions" -- "Star Wars" : the SDI sabotage -- September 11, 2001 -- Still dupes for the communists -- 2008 : a "progressive" victory -- Postscript : Bogart at the Workers School?
Language:
English
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