Youth Against Fascism
Lewis, Joel A.
Revision with unchanged content. In 1998, Tom Brokaw published a collection of oral histories entitled "The Greatest Generation." His book recounted the struggles of American youth against the threats of the Great Depression, fascism and World War II. Brokaw's book, like many popular histories of this era, failed to address the inegral role of young communists in these struggles. Indeed, a certain "historical amnesia" exists in the historical ...