| War and the Ivory Tower: Algeria and Vietnam Contributor(s): Schalk, David L. (Author), Stora, Benjamin (Preface by), Herring, George (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 0803293437 ISBN-13: 9780803293434 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: At a time when protest is out of fashion, and intellectuals themselves may be nearly extinct, this book presents a needed reexamination of what it means for intellectuals to speak out about issues of international importance. War and the Ivory Tower provides a crucial analysis of intellectuals and their accomplishments in opposing two cruel and divisive wars which most people would like to forget. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - History | Military - Vietnam War - History | Africa - General |
| Dewey: 965.046 |
| LCCN: 2005017502 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.34" W x 8.02" (0.66 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In War and the Ivory Tower, David L. Schalk explores the public role of the intellectual in times of national crisis. He compares American responses to the Vietnam War with French responses to the Algerian War, finding many similarities in the way intellectuals voiced their outrage at the policies of their governments. At a time when national crises abound but protest is out of fashion, and intellectuals are possibly a dying species, this book presents a needed reexamination of what it means for intellectuals to speak out on issues of international importance. David L. Schalk is Kenan Professor of History, emeritus, at Vassar College. Benjamin Stora is a professor of Maghribi history at the National Institute of Oriental Civilizations and Language in Paris. His works include Algeria, 1830-2000: A Short History. George C. Herring is the Alumni Professor of History at the University of Kentucky and the author of America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975. |