Liberals and Communism: The "Red Decade" Revisited

Bloomington & London: Indiana University Press, 1966. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); bluish-gray cloth, with titles stamped in white on spine; dustjacket; 276pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped, with minute wear to extremities. "In this volume the author seeks to gauge objectively the true nature and extent of Communist influence on left-liberal thinking in the thirties by a careful examination of the writings of certain liberal intellectuals" (from the front flap). Warren focuses particular attention on such figures as Max Eastman, John Dewey, Bruce Bliven, Stuart Chase, George Soule, and Norman Thomas.