Title: Rude Awakenings
Description: Drawing on family papers, wide-ranging interviews, FBI files, American and German newspapers, a wide array of published sources, and her own memories, the author traces Harry Marks's German American heritage, his education both formal and informal, his marriage to a fellow Communist from a poor Russian family, his rocky start as an academic, his anguish when confronted by his Communist past, and his ultimate creation of a satisfying career.
Subjects: Historians, biography, National socialism, World politics, United states, intellectual life, Historians, Biography, College teachers, Intellectual life, Communism