Title:
Dupes : how America's adversaries have manipulated progressives for a century / Paul Kengor.
Author:
Kengor, Paul, 1966-
Publication Information:
Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, ©2010.
Call Number:
E743 .K425 2010
Abstract:
Kengor exposes the legions of liberals who have furthered the objectives of America's adversaries, and shows how such dupes have contributed to history's most destructive ideology-- Communism-- but also why they are relevant to today's politics.
Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2010020117-b.html
ISBN:
9781935191759
9781610171465
Physical Description:
xi, 607 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
World revolution, the Comintern, and CPUSA -- Woodrow Wilson : "utter simpleton" -- Potemkin progressives -- John Dewey : the Kremlin's favorite educator -- John Dewey's long, strange trip -- The redemption of Professor Dewey -- Smearing another liberal icon : CPUSA's assault on "Fascist" FDR and the New Deal -- War communism : hating FDR, loving FDR -- Duping FDR : "Uncle Joe" and "buddies" -- The Hollywood front -- October 1947 : Hollywood v. "HUAC" -- Trashing Truman : world communism and the Cold War -- Dreams from Frank Marshall Davis -- Vietnam dupes : protests, riots, and the chaotic summer of '68 -- Grown-up Vietnam dupes : Dr. Spock, Corliss Lamont, and friends -- Radicals : Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, SDS, and the Weathermen -- John Kerry--and Genghis Khan -- A kiss for Brezhnev : Jimmy Carter -- Defending the "evil empire" : stopping Ronald Reagan's "errors" and "distortions" -- "Star Wars" : the SDI sabotage -- September 11, 2001 -- Still dupes for the communists -- 2008 : a "progressive" victory -- Postscript : Bogart at the Workers School?
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