Altercation: Race, Vietnam, and the New Left in Mid-Century
Altercation: Race, Vietnam, and the New Left in Mid-Century George Scialabba discusses the limits of Louis Menandâs new tome on America in the Cold War era. Robert W. Klein/AP Photo Mario Savio, leader of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, is restrained by police as he walks onto the platform at the University of Californiaâs Greek Theatre in Berkeley, December 7, 1964. Iâm about three-quarters of the way through Louis Menandâs 880-page The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War, and I lack the vocabulary to say how impressive I find its scholarly range and ambition ...