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When prominent [[American]] [[liberals]] like [[John Dewey]] objected to the show trials that followed, Dreiser was among those who signed an open letter in support of Stalin's [[Great Purge|Great Terror]], reaffirming "their faith in the Soviet Union, their confidence in the Soviet government, and their friendship for the Soviet people."<ref>Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Kyrill M. Anderson, ''The Secret World of American Communism'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998), pp. 304-305</ref>

When prominent [[American]] [[liberals]] like [[John Dewey]] objected to the show trials that followed, Dreiser was among those who signed an open letter in support of Stalin's [[Great Purge|Great Terror]], reaffirming "their faith in the Soviet Union, their confidence in the Soviet government, and their friendship for the Soviet people."<ref>Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Kyrill M. Anderson, ''The Secret World of American Communism'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998), pp. 304-305</ref>

When the Soviet Union joined [[Nazi]] Germany in the [[Hitler-Stalin pact]] for the joint invasion of Poland, partitioning Eastern Europe between them, Dreiser was among the "prominent Americans" named by the Communists "who would write effective brochures explaining and defending the [[Hitler-Stalin pact|peace policy]] of the Soviet Union and answering the arguments of the enemy." In early 1941, Dreiser obliged, writing a book arguing that the [[U.S.]] should not aid England in its war against [[Hitler]].<ref>Theodore Dreiser, ''America Is Worth Saving'' (New York: Modern Age Books, 1941)

When the Soviet Union joined [[Nazi]] Germany in the [[Hitler-Stalin pact]] for the joint invasion of Poland, partitioning Eastern Europe between them, Dreiser was among the "prominent Americans" named by the Communists "who would write effective brochures explaining and defending the [[Hitler-Stalin pact|peace policy]] of the Soviet Union and answering the arguments of the enemy." In early 1941, Dreiser obliged, writing a book arguing that the [[U.S.]] should not aid England in its war against [[Hitler]].<ref>Theodore Dreiser, ''America Is Worth Saving'' (New York: Modern Age Books, 1941)</ref>

==Notes==

==Notes==

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Hugo S. Cunningham, [http://www.cyberussr.com/rus/dreiser.html Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945): His Friendship to the Soviet People in 1938-1941], CyberUSSR.com, 1999

Hugo S. Cunningham, [http://www.cyberussr.com/rus/dreiser.html Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945): His Friendship to the Soviet People in 1938-1941], CyberUSSR.com, 1999