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Maurice Isserman (born 1951) is a Professor of History at
Hamilton College Hamilton College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Clinton, Oneida County, New York, Clinton, New York. It was established as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793 and received its c ...
. He has written about the
Communist Party USA The Communist Party USA (CPUSA), officially the Communist Party of the United States of America, also referred to as the American Communist Party mainly during the 20th century, is a communist party in the United States. It was established ...
during the Popular Front period of the 1930s and 1940s, as well as the emergence of the
New Left The New Left was a broad political movement that emerged from the counterculture of the 1960s and continued through the 1970s. It consisted of activists in the Western world who, in reaction to the era's liberal establishment, campaigned for freer ...
and the 1960s. He co-authored a biography with Dorothy Ray Healey and authored a biography of
Michael Harrington Edward Michael Harrington Jr. (February 24, 1928 – July 31, 1989) was an American democratic socialist. As a writer, he was best known as the author of '' The Other America'' (1962). Harrington was also a political activist, theorist, profess ...
, both of whom were co-founders of
Democratic Socialists of America The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a political organization in the United States and the country's largest Socialism, socialist organization. Sitting on the Left-wing politics, left-wing to Far-left politics, far-left of the politic ...
. He has contributed editorials and book reviews to ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''The American Alpine Review''. In 2008, he began writing about
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.


Political views

Isserman has criticized the new
Students for a Democratic Society Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a national student activist organization in the United States during the 1960s and was one of the principal representations of the New Left. Disdaining permanent leaders, hierarchical relationships a ...
for romanticizing the leadership of the Weatherman faction of the old SDS.


Awards

* 2008:
National Outdoor Book Award The National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA) was formed in 1997 as an American-based non-profit program which each year presents awards honoring the best in outdoor writing and publishing. It is housed at Idaho State University and chaired by Ron Watte ...
, ''Fallen Giants'' (with Stewart Weaver).


Works


Books

* Isserman, Maurice. (1982) ''Which Side Were You On? The American Communist Party during the Second World War.'' * Isserman, Maurice. (1987). ''If I Had a Hammer... The Death of the Old Left and the Birth of the New Left''. * Isserman, Maurice & Healey Dorothy. (1990). ''Dorothy Healey Remembers: A Life in the American Communist Party.'' **Reprinted as ''California Red: A Life in the American Communist Party'' (1993). *Isserman, Maurice & Bowman, John Stewart. (1992). ''America at War: The Korean War''. *Isserman, Maurice. (1995). ''Witness to War: Vietnam''. *Isserman, Maurice. (1997). ''Journey to Freedom: The African American Great Migration.'' * Isserman, Maurice & Kazin, Michael. (2000). ''America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s.'' * Isserman, Maurice. (2000).''The Other American: The Life of Michael Harrington''. *Isserman, Maurice & Bowman, John. (2005). ''Exploring North America, 1800-1900''. * Isserman, Maurice & Weaver, Stewart. (2008). ''Fallen Giants: The History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes''. *Isserman, Maurice & Bowman, John Stewart. (2010). ''America at War: World War II.'' *Isserman, Maurice; Kenan, William R.; & Bowman, John Stewart. (2010). ''America at War: Vietnam War.'' *Isserman, Maurice & Bowman, John Stewart. (2010). ''Across America: The Lewis And Clark Expedition.'' *Isserman, Maurice. (2011). ''On The Hill: A Bicentennial History of Hamilton College 1812–2012.'' *Cronkite, Walter & Isserman, Maurice. (2013). ''Cronkite's War: His World War II Letters Home''. * Isserman, Maurice. (2016). ''Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering''. *Isserman, Maurice. (2019). ''The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors.'' *Isserman, Maurice. (2024). ''Reds: The Tragedy of American Communism.''


Articles

On October 20, 2017, Isserman contributed to "Red Century," a ''New York Times'' centenary series about the Bolshevik Revolution, with the article "When New York City Was the Capital of American Communism." * "How Old is the New SDS?" ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' (October 19, 2007) * "The Flower in the Gun Barrel," ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' (October 19, 2007) * "3 Days of Peace and Music, 40 Years of Memory," ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' (October 19, 2007) * "When New York City Was the Capital of American Communism," ''New York Times'' "Red Century" series (October 20, 2017)


See also

* Historians of American Communism


Notes


External links


Maurice Isserman's Homepage at Hamilton College

Interview with Maurice Isserman
by Stephen McKiernan, Binghamton University Libraries Center for the Study of the 1960s {{DEFAULTSORT:Isserman, middle name not found Maurice Hamilton College (New York) faculty Living people American biographers American male biographers 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers 1951 births Reed College alumni University of Rochester alumni Members of Students for a Democratic Society Members of the Democratic Socialists of America Historians of communism The Oregonian people Historians from New York (state) American male non-fiction writers