Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-492) and index.
pt. I. The Leftist mind -- Identity and diversity -- Equality and liberty -- Democracy and liberalism -- Right and left -- pt. II. Leftist in history -- The historic origins of Leftism -- Nascent America -- The French Revolution -- From democracy to romantic socialism -- From romantic to scientific and international socialism -- From socialism to Communism -- From Marxism to fascist statism -- National socialism and socialist racism -- pt. III. Liberalism -- Real liberalism -- False liberalism -- pt. IV. The left and U.S. foreign policy -- The American left and World War I -- Leftism goes from war to war -- Another Leftist war -- Anticolonialism -- The outlook.