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"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.NewPolitics6.2
(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.
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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.ReviewsinAmericanHistory23.1(n.d.):
11822.Print.
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ThisreviewofWreszinsbiographyonDwightMacdonaldprovidesassuranceofWreszins
ideasaswellasgivesinsightonhisthoughtsonMacdonald.Wreszinsawthattherewasadifference
betweenanagitatingactivistandanincisiveculturalcriticandthisexpresseshisknowledgeon
activistsandisabletogiveacleardifferencebetweenaknowledgeableactivistandasocalled
phony.
Wreszin,Micahel."JeanPaulStartre:PhilosopherasDramatist."TheTulaneDramaReview5.3
(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.
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Wreszin,Michael.CulturalFreedomVersusCulturalSpin."Review.ReviewsinAmericanHistory
23.1(n.d.):60714.Print.
ThisreviewdemonstratesWreszinsinsightonculturalfreedomandthefreedomtobewhoyou
wish.Heisverycriticalwithhisreviewbytargetingtheidealsoftheauthor.Hefindsthatfreedomisa
lotmorethanhowpeoplevalueit.Heseesitasagiftandsomethingthatshouldbehonoured
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Anarchism.N.d.OhioHistoricalSociety.Web.
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ThisphotographdepictsanarchismoneofseveralbeliefsthatDwightMacdonaldhad
overtime.ItwillbeusedtoportraythechangeovertimeandhowMacdonalds
philosophyevolved.ThisconnectstoMichaelWreszinbecausehekeptalotofrecords
onMacdonald.
Communism.N.d.Web.
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ThisphotographliketheotherthreewillshowtheprogressioninMacdonaldsbeliefs.At
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firsthewassolelyforcommunism.Althoughallthreeareslightlysimilar,theyhavetheir
differences.Thiswillbethefirstbeliefhehadpriortoanyother,communism.
LeonTrotsky.N.d.Web.
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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.
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ThisbookisabiographyofDwightMacdonald.Wreszinsintenseresearchallowedhim
toacquirealotofinformationandinterviewsfromWreszin.Thebookfocusesonthe
beliefsofDwightMacdonald.ItisslightlybiasedasitfavorsMacdonaldsideas,for
bothfallontheleftsideofthepoliticalscale.
Wreszin,Michael."TheKoreanWar:AHistory."AmericanCommunistHistory10.3(2011):
32932.Web.
ThisbooktiesinwithWreszinsantiwarbeliefs.Itportrayshisnegativeattitude
towardswarandthereasonsforit.
Wreszin,Michael."ProjectMUSECulturalFreedomversusCulturalSpin."ProjectMUSE
CulturalFreedomversusCulturalSpin.N.p.,n.d.Web.21May2015.
ThisgroupofreviewsisagoodwayofshowingWreszinsbiasedandbeliefs.The
biasedisntabadthing,ratheradepictionofhisthoughtsondifferenttopics
consideringtheradicals.