Illusion and Disillusion in 20th Century America: "A Prophylactic Cycle"
FAIN: FT-11772-73
Stuart I. Rochester
Loyola University Maryland (Baltimore, MD 21210-2601)
To examine the illustion-disillusion cycle as a liberal phenomenon, exploring the parallels between the pivotal World War I experience (the war to end all wars) and subsequent experiences, and thereby arriving at certain broad-based conclusions about the mind and temperament of the "liberal reformer."