03426nam 2200625 a 450 991044980490332120200520144314.00-8147-8435-610.18574/9780814784358(CKB)1000000000000637(EBL)865934(OCoLC)782878066(SSID)ssj0000276933(PQKBManifestationID)11209104(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276933(PQKBWorkID)10226159(PQKB)11138862(MiAaPQ)EBC865934(OCoLC)45844118(MdBmJHUP)muse10376(DE-B1597)546961(DE-B1597)9780814784358(Au-PeEL)EBL865934(CaPaEBR)ebr10032510(EXLCZ)99100000000000063719980508d1998 ub 0engur||#||||||||txtccrApocalypse then[electronic resource] American intellectuals and the Vietnam War, 1954-1975 /Robert R. TomesNew York New York University Pressc19981 online resource (307 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-8234-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index.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.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 1930's, the war against Hitler's Germany, and U.S. conduct during the Cold War. By the early 1960's, a liberal intellectual consensus existed. The war in Southeast Asia shattered this fragile coalition, which promptly dissolved into numerous camps, each of which questioned American institutions, values, and ideals. Robert R. Tomes sheds new light on the demise of Cold War liberalism and the development of the New Left, and the steady growth of a conservatism that used Vietnam, and anti-war sentiment, as a rallying point. Importantly, Tomes provides new evidence that neoconservatism retreated from internationalism due largely to Vietnam, only to regroup later with substantially diminished goals and expectations. Covering vast archival terrain, Apocalypse Then stands as the definitive account of the impact of the Vietnam war on American intellectual life.Vietnam War, 1961-1975United StatesVietnam War, 1961-1975InfluenceIntellectualsUnited StatesPolitical activityHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Vietnam War, 1961-1975Influence.IntellectualsPolitical activityHistory959.704/3373Tomes Robert R1053977MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910449804903321Apocalypse then2486251UNINA