American adventurer.
A master ofthe art ofliving, Max Eastman had many
careers: defender of the Russian Revolution, leader of
the anti-Stalinist left in the 1930s, conservative polemi–
cist in the 1950s, poet, paramour, memoirist. William
O'Neill's biography seeks to explain the dynamic
behind Eastman's several transformations and to
define his place in a turbulent chapter
in
the history of
ideas. "A full and fascinating assessment:'
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