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[This] masterly study of the historical dimensions of this process of polarization is to be welcomed. . . . It is the kind of history that can revitalize our interest in ideas and events that we had long thought we understood.""--International History Review Alpers has made visible an important aspect of American intellectual history in the twentieth century. . . . [He] convincingly delineates an exciting intellectual history that has Orson Welles and Charlie Chaplin converse with Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Joseph Schumpeter.""--American Historical Review Alpers' timely book. . . . has some fresh sources and some new things to say.--The New Yorker Well-written and clearly argued. . . . A stimulating and intelligent account.--War in History Will gladden the hearts of anyone interested in communication history during critical periods in the 20th century. . . . A unique contribution to American political and cultural history.""--Political Communication

A first-rate book. Others have told parts of this story, but no one has put it all together as Alpers does. His readings of oft-analyzed texts such as George Orwell's 1984 and Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism are illuminating and fresh, and he brings to light a good deal of less familiar source material. (Robert Westbrook, University of Rochester)

[This] masterly study of the historical dimensions of this process of polarization is to be welcomed. . . . It is the kind of history that can revitalize our interest in ideas and events that we had long thought we understood. --International History Review Alpers has made visible an important aspect of American intellectual history in the twentieth century. . . . [He] convincingly delineates an exciting intellectual history that has Orson Welles and Charlie Chaplin converse with Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Joseph Schumpeter. --American Historical Review Will gladden the hearts of anyone interested in communication history during critical periods in the 20th century. . . . A unique contribution to American political and cultural history. --Political Communication

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Benjamin L. Alpers is Reach for Excellence Associate Professor in the Honors College and associate professor of history and film and video studies at the University of Oklahoma.

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