The first historical account of Raymond Aron's role in the reconfiguration of liberal thought in the short twentieth century.

Debut historical fiction author Iain Stewart has military history in his genes. Born to veterans of World War II, Iain was a Canadian military reservist for twenty-four years and served on active duty in Bosnia and Afghanistan, achieving the rank of Captain. He and his wife have a home in Nanaimo, B.C., where he is a part-time volunteer at a military museum-when he's not working in Yellowknife, NWT, as an engineering laboratory manager. They have one daughter, three sons, and six grandchildren.

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Intellectual politics and the crisis of democracy; 2. History and politics; 3. Anti-totalitarianism; 4. The end of ideology; 5. Raymond Aron and the French liberal tradition; 6. Raymond Aron and the liberal moment in late twentieth-century French thought; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.