American Radical: The Life and Times of I. F. Stone (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780810128316)

Popular Front columnist and New Deal propagandist, fearless opponent of McCarthyism and feared scourge of official liars, I. F. Stone (1907-1989)--magnetic, witty, indefatigable--left a permanent mark on our politics and culture. A college dropout, he was already an influential newsman by the age of twenty-five, enjoying extraordinary access to key figures in Washington and New York. Guttenplan finds the key to Stone's achievements throughout his singular career--not just in the celebrated I. F. Stone's Weekly--lay in the force and passion of his political commitments. Stone's calm and forensic yet devastating reports on American politics and institutions sprang from a radical faith in the long-term prospects for American democracy.

In an era when the old radical questions--about war, the economy, health care, and the right to dissent--are suddenly new again, Guttenplan's lively, provocative book makes clear why so many of Stone's pronouncements have acquired the force of prophecy.

Author: D. D. Guttenplan
ISBN-10: 0810128314
ISBN-13: 9780810128316
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/08/2012
Pages: 600
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.72lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.08w x 1.39d