{"product_id":"apocalypse-then-9780814783405","title":"Apocalypse Then","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrior 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 1930s, the war against Hitler's Germany, and U.S. conduct during the Cold War. By the early 1960s, a liberal intellectual consensus existed.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e Covering vast archival terrain, \u003cb\u003eApocalypse Then\u003c\/b\u003e stands as the definitive account of the impact of the Vietnam war on American intellectual life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert R. Tomes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48167165034747,"sku":"9780814783405","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_476a75a4-eb78-4397-91fc-bf42b708cd9a.jpg?v=1770632546","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/apocalypse-then-9780814783405","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}