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'''James Burnham''' (1905-1987) was a leading American conservative of the the 1950s, and an editor of ''National Review''.
He is best known as a proponent of [[Rollback]] against Soviet Communism, which he promoted in the late 1940s. Opponents warned it would lead to nuclear war. It was adopted by [[Ronald Reagan]] in the 1980s, and Soviet Communism collapsed.
In the 1930s he was a Communsit of the [[Trotskyite]] anti-Soviet variety.
==Further reading==
* Francis, Samuel. '' James Burnham: Thinkers of Our Time'' (2nd ed. 1999) 164 pages
** previously published as '' Power and history: the political thought of James Burnham'' (1984)
* Kelly, Daniel. ''James Burnham and the struggle for the world: a life'' (2002) 443 pages
* Smant, Kevin. '' How great the triumph: James Burnham, anticommunism, and the conservative'' (1991) 181 pages
===Primary Sources===
* Burnham, James. '' The Struggle for the World'' (1947)
* Burnham, James. '' The Managerial Revolution: Or What is Happening in the World Now'' (1940), highly influential study of capitalism
* Burnham, James.
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Cold War]]
He is best known as a proponent of [[Rollback]] against Soviet Communism, which he promoted in the late 1940s. Opponents warned it would lead to nuclear war. It was adopted by [[Ronald Reagan]] in the 1980s, and Soviet Communism collapsed.
In the 1930s he was a Communsit of the [[Trotskyite]] anti-Soviet variety.
==Further reading==
* Francis, Samuel. '' James Burnham: Thinkers of Our Time'' (2nd ed. 1999) 164 pages
** previously published as '' Power and history: the political thought of James Burnham'' (1984)
* Kelly, Daniel. ''James Burnham and the struggle for the world: a life'' (2002) 443 pages
* Smant, Kevin. '' How great the triumph: James Burnham, anticommunism, and the conservative'' (1991) 181 pages
===Primary Sources===
* Burnham, James. '' The Struggle for the World'' (1947)
* Burnham, James. '' The Managerial Revolution: Or What is Happening in the World Now'' (1940), highly influential study of capitalism
* Burnham, James.
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Cold War]]