AnnotatedBibliography

SecondarySources

"MichaelWreszin(19262012)."
Susihorg
.N.p.,n.d.Web.20Mar.2015.

ThisarticleenhancesmyknowledgeonMichaelWreszinspastandcontributionstoQueens
College.Hewasahistorianforfortyyearseducatingstudentsonthetheradicalmovementsof
thetwentiethcentury.Hispresenceinqueenscollegegavethestudentsapositiveoutlookon
americanhistoryregardingcivilrights,womensrights,andthegay/lesbianrights.Thisarticleis
usefulinexpressingthebiggestcontributionstothecollege.

Sumner,GregoryD."ResistingDehumanization."Ed.MichaelWreszin.
NewPolitics
6.2
(1997):n.pag.Web.

ThisarticleexplainstheeffortsofDwightMacdonaldonchangingthewaypeoplesawpolitics
andtoavoidthisdehumanization.Hisstudyisaboutthis"terrifyingworld"asthemeaningof
eventsgrippedtheimaginationofagroupofyoungAmericansandEuropeansduringWorld
WarIIandtheimmediatepostwaryears.Itfocusesonagroupofwritersandreadersbrought
togetherbyDwightandNancyMacdonald.ThisconnectstoMr.Wreszinbecausehetoo
believedinMacdonaldsviewsandwashisbiographer.

Vitello,Paul."MichaelWreszin,BiographerofAmericanRadicals,Diesat85."
TheNewYork
Times
.TheNewYorkTimes,15Sept.2012.Web.20Mar.2015.


ThissourcedescribeswhoMr.Wreszintrulywasandwhathebelievedin.Mr.Wreszin,a
historyprofessoratQueensCollegeandanantiwaractivisthimself,wasastudentofthe
Americanleftandthemanyideologicalmovementscompetingfordominanceofitbetweenthe
1920sand1960s,includingsocialism,communism,libertarianismandanarchism.Hisstrong
beliefsarewhatinfluencedhiswritingofseveralbooks.

Wreszin,Michael.Introduction.
InterviewswithDwightMacdonald
.Jackson:Uof
Mississippi,2003.N.pag.Web.

IntheintroductiontheinformationIwasabletoobtainwasregardingDwightMacdonalds
viewsondifferentaspectsofpolitics,notonlyinAmerica.MichaelWreszingatheredmany
interviewswithMacdonaldthatexposethereadertohisviewsindetail.
Theseinterviews,
includingoneconductedbyDianaTrilling,spantheyears1960to1980.Theyshowthewide
andpenetratingscopeofMacdonald'sinterests.Including,trotskyism,anarchism,pacifism,
literature,culture,education,theHolocaustandtotalitarianism,filmcriticism,and
antiVietnamWarprotest.

King,RichardH."CitizenDwight."Review.
ReviewsinAmericanHistory
23.1(n.d.):
11822.Print.


ThisreviewofWreszinsbiographyonDwightMacdonaldprovidesassuranceofWreszins
ideasaswellasgivesinsightonhisthoughtsonMacdonald.Wreszinsawthattherewasadifference
betweenanagitatingactivistandanincisiveculturalcriticandthisexpresseshisknowledgeon
activistsandisabletogiveacleardifferencebetweenaknowledgeableactivistandasocalled
phony.

Wreszin,Micahel."JeanPaulStartre:PhilosopherasDramatist."
TheTulaneDramaReview
5.3
(n.d.):3457.Web.

ThisreviewexpressesMichaelWreszinscriticalthinkingandanalysisbyshowinghowhis
insightontheideaofaphilosopherasdramatist.Hefindsthatthewholeideaofaphilosopherasa
dramatistisverytrueandthatphilosopherstendtoexaggeratealotoftheirideastoanextentwhichis
unnecessary.

Lehmannhaupt,Christopher."BooksofTheTimesDissectingtheValuesOfaDivided
Intellectual."
TheNewYorkTimes
.TheNewYorkTimes,17Apr.1994.Web.13Apr.2015.

ThisarticledescribesWreszinsviewontheinterferenceofDwightMacdonaldinAmerican
presenceinEurope.HesideswithMacdonald,asthereisnoreasontogivetheopportunitytoRussiato
spreadmarxismandotherbeliefstoAmericanculture.ThissourceexplainsWreszinzbeliefsandother
ideas.


Wreszin,Michael.CulturalFreedomVersusCulturalSpin."Review.
ReviewsinAmericanHistory
23.1(n.d.):60714.Print.

ThisreviewdemonstratesWreszinsinsightonculturalfreedomandthefreedomtobewhoyou
wish.Heisverycriticalwithhisreviewbytargetingtheidealsoftheauthor.Hefindsthatfreedomisa
lotmorethanhowpeoplevalueit.Heseesitasagiftandsomethingthatshouldbehonoured

PrimarySources

Anarchism
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<http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/05/anarchism_history_definaition.ht
ml>.
ThisphotographdepictsanarchismoneofseveralbeliefsthatDwightMacdonaldhad
overtime.ItwillbeusedtoportraythechangeovertimeandhowMacdonalds
philosophyevolved.ThisconnectstoMichaelWreszinbecausehekeptalotofrecords
onMacdonald.

Communism
.N.d.Web.
<http://www.traditionalcatholicpriest.com/2013/08/25/communistgoals1963fromthe
nakedcommunistandreflectedincatholicchurch2013/>.
ThisphotographliketheotherthreewillshowtheprogressioninMacdonaldsbeliefs.At

firsthewassolelyforcommunism.Althoughallthreeareslightlysimilar,theyhavetheir
differences.Thiswillbethefirstbeliefhehadpriortoanyother,communism.

LeonTrotsky
.N.d.Web.
<http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/01/22/theneoconservativemovementistrotskyi
sm/>.
ThisphotographliketheotherthreewillshowtheprogressioninMacdonaldsbeliefs.
AfterCommunismhedecidedtobelieveinTrotskyism.Mysecondarysourceswill
explainmoreonTrotskyismbutthiswillbeagoodvisualtoshowthechangeovertime.

Macdonald,Dwight,andMichaelWreszin.
AMoralTemper:TheLettersofDwightMacdonald
.
Chicago:IvanR.Dee,2001.Print.
Thisbookshowsthecollaborationaswellasthecombinedideasbetweenthetwomen.
Thisisagoodwayofexemplifyingthestrengthintheirrelationship.

Wreszin,Dan.
MichaelWreszin
.N.d.N.p.
ThisphotographisofMichaelWreszinandwillbeusedtogiveavisualofthemanI
chosetoconductmyresearchon.

Wreszin,Michael,andMichaelWreszin.
ARebelinDefenseofTradition:TheLifeandPolitics
ofDwightMacdonald
.NewYork:Basic,1994.Print.

ThisbookisabiographyofDwightMacdonald.Wreszinsintenseresearchallowedhim
toacquirealotofinformationandinterviewsfromWreszin.Thebookfocusesonthe
beliefsofDwightMacdonald.ItisslightlybiasedasitfavorsMacdonaldsideas,for
bothfallontheleftsideofthepoliticalscale.
Wreszin,Michael."TheKoreanWar:AHistory."
AmericanCommunistHistory
10.3(2011):
32932.Web.
ThisbooktiesinwithWreszinsantiwarbeliefs.Itportrayshisnegativeattitude
towardswarandthereasonsforit.

Wreszin,Michael."ProjectMUSECulturalFreedomversusCulturalSpin."
ProjectMUSE
CulturalFreedomversusCulturalSpin
.N.p.,n.d.Web.21May2015.
ThisgroupofreviewsisagoodwayofshowingWreszinsbiasedandbeliefs.The
biasedisntabadthing,ratheradepictionofhisthoughtsondifferenttopics
consideringtheradicals.