LEADER 03392nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910777340103321 005 20230421041831.0 010 $a0-8147-8435-6 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814784358 035 $a(CKB)1000000000000637 035 $a(EBL)865934 035 $a(OCoLC)782878066 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000276933 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11209104 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276933 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10226159 035 $a(PQKB)11138862 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865934 035 $a(OCoLC)45844118 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10376 035 $a(DE-B1597)546961 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814784358 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865934 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10032510 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000000637 100 $a19980508d1998 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aApocalypse then$b[electronic resource] $eAmerican intellectuals and the Vietnam War, 1954-1975 /$fRobert R. Tomes 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc1998 215 $a1 online resource (307 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-8234-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index. 327 $aA 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. 330 $aPrior 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. 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$zUnited States 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xInfluence 606 $aIntellectuals$zUnited States$xPolitical activity$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xInfluence. 615 0$aIntellectuals$xPolitical activity$xHistory 676 $a959.704/3373 700 $aTomes$b Robert R$01485526 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777340103321 996 $aApocalypse then$93704719 997 $aUNINA