From 1932 until his death in 1990, Hal Draper was a prolific Marxist writer and socialist organizer who successfully combined rigorous research and passionate outrage to assess his political era. In this still-indispensable collection of essays written in the 1950s and 60s, Draper grapples with the role of the United States in the world, situating post-war American imperialism in a global picture of capitalist competition and expansion. The essays in this volume include Draper’s discussions of the United States' involvement in Guatemala, Guam, Samoa, Cuba, Vietnam, and elsewhere, as well as his, more general, socialist guide to national liberation movements.
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“[Hal Draper is] the embodiment of what a Marxist scholar should be...a political practitioner of the first order...Draper’s approach is today very useful in understanding and reaching political conclusions based on a democratic and revolutionary socialist perspective regarding such diverse places and conflicts as Syria, Hong Kong, Iran, and especially Ukraine.” —Samuel Farber, from the Foreword
Other books by Hal Draper
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Berkeley
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The Adventures of The Communist Manifesto
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Socialism From Below
by Hal Draper
Other books of interest
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Worth Fighting For
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The Violent American Century
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In the Shadows of the American Century
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To Govern the Globe
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An Enemy Such as This