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- catalog abstract ""The God That Failed is a classic work and crucial document of the Cold War that brings together essays by six of the most important writers of the twentieth century on their conversion to and subsequent disillusionment with communism. In describing their own experiences, the authors illustrate the fate of leftism around the world. Andre Gide (France), Richard Wright (the United States), Ignazio Silone (Italy), Stephen Spender (England), Arthur Koestler (Germany), and Louis Fischer, an American foreign correspondent, all tell how their search for the betterment of humanity led them to communism, and the personal agony and revulsion which then caused them to reject it. David Engerman's new foreword to this central work of our time recounts the tumultuous events of the era, providing essential background. It also describes the book's origins and impact, the influence of communism in American intellectual life, and how the events described in The God That Failed continue to affect public discourse today."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12313641.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""The God That Failed is a classic work and crucial document of the Cold War that brings together essays by six of the most important writers of the twentieth century on their conversion to and subsequent disillusionment with communism. In describing their own experiences, the authors illustrate the fate of leftism around the world. Andre Gide (France), Richard Wright (the United States), Ignazio Silone (Italy), Stephen Spender (England), Arthur Koestler (Germany), and Louis Fischer, an American foreign correspondent, all tell how their search for the betterment of humanity led them to communism, and the personal agony and revulsion which then caused them to reject it. David Engerman's new foreword to this central work of our time recounts the tumultuous events of the era, providing essential background. It also describes the book's origins and impact, the influence of communism in American intellectual life, and how the events described in The God That Failed continue to affect public discourse today."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxv-xxxvii).".
- catalog description "The initiates : Arthur Koestler, Ignazio Silone, Richard Wright -- Worshipers from afar : André Gide, Louis Fischer, Stephen Spender.".
- catalog extent "xl, 273 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0231123957 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Columbia University Press,".
- catalog subject "320.53/22/0922 21".
- catalog subject "Communism.".
- catalog subject "HX72 .G62 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "The initiates : Arthur Koestler, Ignazio Silone, Richard Wright -- Worshipers from afar : André Gide, Louis Fischer, Stephen Spender.".
- catalog title "The god that failed / Richard Crossman, editor ; with a new foreword by David C. Engerman.".
- catalog type "text".