The Cold War and the University

s/t: Toward an Intellectual History of the Postwar Years
The years following 1945 witnessed a massive change in American intellectual thought and in the life of American universities. In this groundbreaking collection of newly commissioned essays, many of the country’s most prominent intellectuals, including Immanuel Wasserstein and Howard Zinn, discuss the rise of new fields and explore the changing nature of dissent and academic freedom during and since the Cold War.