British and American Anti-communism Before the Cold War

by Markku Ruotsila

Overview

This work examines in a comparative historical way the socialist, liberal and conservative strands of Anglo-American anticommunist thought before the Cold War. In so doing, this book provides us with an intellectual pre-history of Cold War attitudes and policy positions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714681771
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/2001
Series:	Cold War History , #3
Edition description:	ANN
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Ruotsila has produced an impressive intellectual history of British and US anti-Communism, from conservative reactions to the rise of socialism in the 1880s through the onset of the cold war in the mid-1940"s."

- The International History Review

Editorial Reviews

Ruotsila (a researcher at the U. of Tampere, Finland) offers a comparative history of the socialist, liberal, and conservative strands of Anglo-American anti-Communist thought prior to the Cold War. He contextualizes anti-Communism with contemporary movements toward social reform and international organization, shows how liberal and socialist forms of anti-Communism were dominant Anglo-American trends in the 50 years before the Cold War began, and were carried over into the post-1945 period essentially unchanged. He also finds that during that time, a more conservative anti-Communism developed, directed as much against Western liberalism as against Soviet communism. The book is distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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