Book Reviews
- 6. Six books on the deep history of the American left. The God That Failed by Richard Crossman The Romance of American Communism by Vivian Gornick Witness by Whittaker Chambers Joseph McCarthy by Arthur Herman Days of Rage by Bryan Burrough Radical Chic by Tom WolfeLink to Tweet
- This of course is a reference to this classic collection of essays by former Communist intellectuals. https://t.co/dzHPGhEJFsLink to Tweet
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This classic work and crucial document of the Cold War brings together essays by six of the most important writers of the twentieth century, including André Gide, Richard Wright, Ignazio Silone, Stephen Spender, Arthur Koestler, and Louis Fischer, on their conversion to and subsequent disillusionment with communism. In describing their own experiences, the authors illustrate the fate of leftism around the world.