ABSTRACT

This work examines in a comparative historical way the socialist, liberal and conservative strands of Anglo-American anticommunist thought before the Cold War. In so doing, this book provides us with an intellectual pre-history of Cold War attitudes and policy positions.

part I|66 pages

Formation of the Anticommunist Frameworks, 1880–1917

chapter 1|19 pages

Conservatives and the Rise of Socialism

chapter 2|18 pages

Liberal Roads to Social Democracy

chapter 3|14 pages

Assessments of Bolshevism

chapter 4|13 pages

Origins of the Totalitarian Image

part II|92 pages

Forging Anticommunist Programmes of Action, 1918–21

chapter 5|22 pages

Roads to Social Control

chapter 6|25 pages

Roads to Self-Control

chapter 7|21 pages

Refusals to Intervene

chapter 8|22 pages

Interpretations and Implementations

part III|84 pages

Combating the Collectivist Ascendancy, 1921–47

chapter 9|19 pages

Reassessments of Bolshevism

chapter 10|19 pages

Antecedents of Containment

chapter 11|21 pages

Early Travails of the Welfare State

chapter 12|23 pages

The Renascence of Conservative Anticommunism