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Apocalypse then

American intellectuals and the Vietnam War, 1954-1975

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An edition of Apocalypse then (1998)

Apocalypse then

American intellectuals and the Vietnam War, 1954-1975

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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 liberal consensus by causing a relentless series of crises which effectively undermined its fundamental assumptions. Throughout these years, a sense of passion and urgency prevailed, as idealism, optimism, and American exceptionalism gave way to disillusionment, pessimism, and a diminished confidence in and trimmed expectations for American life.

For all involved, the war in Vietnam assumed apocalyptic dimensions, as somehow the very best or very worst America had to offer seemed at stake. Apocalypse Then stands as the definitive account of the impact of the Vietnam War on American intellectual life.

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293

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1998, New York University Press
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1998, New York University Press
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Table of Contents

A long time in the comin' : American intellectuals and the Cold War, 1945-1963
Consensus and commitment : American intellectuals and Vietnam, 1954-1963
The search for order : from Diem to Pleiku, November 1963 to January 1965
Skepticism and dissent : from Rolling Thunder to Tet, February 1965 to January 1968
The collapse of the liberal consensus, 1968
The twilight of liberalism, 1969-1975.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
959.704/3373
Library of Congress
DS558 .T66 1998, DS558.T66 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 293 p. ;
Number of pages
293

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Open Library
OL359749M
Internet Archive
apocalypsethenam0000tome
ISBN 10
0814782345
LCCN
98019769
OCLC/WorldCat
39181784
Goodreads
5765330

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