Moments of Decision: Political History and the Crises of Radicalism, 2nd Edition

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In this expanded second edition, the radical classic Moments of Decision has been updated more than 20 years since it was first published and received the Michael Harrington Book Award. Reexamining observations made after the fall of communism, Stephen Eric Bronner blends political meditation, philosophical critique, and history lessons to illuminate the monumental crises that shaped the 20th and 21st centuries. A cosmopolitan work that touches on the implications of conflicts ranging from World War I to the Arab Spring, Moments of Decision explores the assumptions of socialist historiography and the character of modernity. In clear, accessible prose, Bronner has revived and revised a seminal work that is ideal for students, scholars, and anyone interested in political history, theory, and international relations. Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Preface to the Second Edition......Page 7 Notes......Page 13 Chapter 1 In the Cradle of Modernity: The Labor Movement and World War I......Page 14 Notes......Page 31 Chapter 2 Working-Class Politics and the Nazi Triumph......Page 40 Notes......Page 57 Chapter 3 Léon Blum and the Legacy of the Popular Front......Page 64 Notes......Page 82 Chapter 4 From Class War to Cold War......Page 86 Appendix: Anti-imperialism struggles and non-Western radicalism......Page 99 Notes......Page 102 Chapter 5 Reconstructing the Experiment: Political Culture and the American New Left......Page 108 Notes......Page 126 Chapter 6 Death Throes: Mikhail Gorbachev and the Collapse of Communism......Page 130 Chapter 7 Transformative Moments: 1989, 9/11, and the Arab Spring......Page 138 Notes......Page 156 Chapter 8 The Right, The Left, and the Elections of 2012......Page 160 Notes......Page 170 Chapter 9 The Future is Now: Human Rights, Realism, and the Cosmopolitan Sensibility......Page 174 Notes......Page 189 Author Index......Page 192 Subject Index......Page 196