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It Didn't Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States
It Didn't Happen Here Why Socialism Failed in the United States Author:Seymour Martin Lipset, Gary Marks Why socialism has failed to play a significant role in the United Statesthe most developed capitalist industrial society and hence, ostensibly, fertile ground for socialismhas been a critical question of American history and political development. Seymour Martin Lipset and Gary Marks "survey with subtlety and shrewd judgment the vari... more »ous explanations" (Wall Street Journal) for this phenomenon of American political exceptionalism. "Clearly written, intelligent, filled with new information" (Times Literary Supplement), this "splendidly convincing" (Michael Kazin, Georgetown University) work eschews conventional arguments about socialism's demise to present a fuller understanding of how multiple factorspolitical structure, American values, immigration, and the split between the Socialist party and mainstream unionscombined to seal socialism's fate.« less