Examines the emergence and subsequent demise of intellectual identification with the French Communist Party, arguing that, after 1978, political conflicts between the Communist leadership and party intellectuals led to an erosion of support.
"Assesses the nature and extent of communist influence on American liberal thought in the 1930s. The study focuses on writers associated with left-wing liberalism, such as John Dewey and Bruce Bliven, and publications such as The New Republic, The Nation and Common Sense" --
An understanding of contemporary North Korea's literature is virtually impossible without an investigation of its formative period, 1945-1960, which saw a gradual transformation from the initial "Soviet era" to a Korean version of "national Stalinism." This turbulent epoch estab…