John Spargo and American Socialism [Hardcover]

This is the first complete biography of John Spargo, a key popularizer of evolutionary socialism in the Socialist Party of America in the early Twentieth century. One of the earliest forerunners of neoconservatism, he played a central role in constructing American anticommunism after 1917.Introduction Beginnings Hyndman's Disciple Starting Over in America Applied Socialism and Is Enemies War and Revolution Boring from Within Colby Note and After Turning Rightwards Socialized Individualism Confronting the New Deal Combating the New Dealers At War Again Cold Warrior EpilogueMARKKU MIKAEL RUOTSILA is Adjunct Professor of American and British History at the University of Tampere, Finland. His previous books include British and American Anticommunism Before the Cold War and Churchill and Finland: A Study in Anticommunism and Geopolitics.