First published in 1952 then out of print in recent years, this classic account of the American Left is once again available. In his introduction to the Cornell paperback edition, Michael Kazin reevaluates the book, viewing it in the context of subsequent work on the subject and of the recent history of the Left itself.

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Students... can benefit from reading this book and will find that both the introduction and the afterword contain useful surveys of Bell's critics and competitors.