Apocalypse Then

Tomes Robert R.

ISBN 10: 0814782620 / ISBN 13: 9780814782620

Published by New York University Press, 2000

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pp. 298.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Apocalypse Then
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814782620
• ISBN 13: 9780814782620
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.
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.
Covering vast archival terrain, Apocalypse Then stands as the definitive account of the impact of the Vietnam war on American intellectual life.

About the Author

ROBERT R. TOMES is Associate Dean of St. Vincent's College at St. John's University.