- Summary
- Noble Abstractions explores the meaning that World War II held for America's leading intellectuals - among them Henry Wallace, Freda Kirchwey, and Thomas Amlie - who were politically committed to Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. Described by liberals as "a democratic revolution" and "an international civil war between democracy and fascism," World War II, according to the liberals, promised far-reaching domestic and international political, economic, and social change. Frank A. Warren focuses on both these large hopes and the political and moral dilemmas that resulted when they conflicted with Roosevelt's conduct of the war.
Noble Abstractions makes a major contribution to the history of American liberalism by raising important questions about modern liberal intellectuals' willingness to invest political and moral capital in administrations that either do not share the same ideological commitments or are willing to sacrifice commitment to political expediency.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Warren, Frank A.
- Published
- Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [1999]
©1999
- Locale
- United States
- Contents
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1. Defining the War
2. Toward the Democratic Revolution
3. Liberals Confront the New Deal
4. Apotheosis of Henry Wallace
5. Meaning of America
6. UDA in Action
7. Tom Amlie
8. Mark of a Tory, the Hopes for Labour
9. Soviet Union Revisited
10. Socialists at War
11. Breakup of the Liberal Community.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Warren, Frank A. inscriber.
Paul Avrich Collection (Library of Congress)
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-316) and index.
1. Defining the War -- 2. Toward the Democratic Revolution -- 3. Liberals Confront the New Deal -- 4. Apotheosis of Henry Wallace -- 5. Meaning of America -- 6. UDA in Action -- 7. Tom Amlie -- 8. Mark of a Tory, the Hopes for Labour -- 9. Soviet Union Revisited -- 10. Socialists at War -- 11. Breakup of the Liberal Community.
