Volume 3, Number 11 · January 14, 1965
Marx and the American Economy
By Robert L. Heilbroner
The Great Evasion
by William Appleman Williams
Quadrangle Books, 189 pp., $4.50
According to his publishers, William Appleman Williams 'is thought by many to be one of the most influential historians writing in America today.' I would be curious to know how many people will be influenced by his latest book, The Great Evasion, a Marxian examination of American society, or as its subtitle explains, An essay on the contemporary relevance of Karl Marx and on the wisdom of admitting the heretic into the dialogue about America's future. I must confess that I found the book itself vulgar, self-serving, imprecise, and shallow, but I found myself moved to reflection by the question the subtitle raises. Let me substantiate my unpleasant critical words as quickly as I can, and then pass on to the issue at point.
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