Marxist/left-leaning books.

Hey there.

I hope I've got the right place for this, feel free to move it around if not!

I'm a student in my third year of uni, and I'm writing my thesis. It covers Whitman and Allen Ginsberg, and therefore I need books on the American Civil War, and the Cold War. Thing is, I don't want to read and cite any neutral or right-wing books on the subject - I've managed to work my way through uni using plenty of Marxist/leftist books, but I'm at a bit of a loss to find any left-wing books concerning the Civil War or the Cold War. My theme in my thesis, and every other piece of work, has revolved around a Marxist analysis of the topics, and I'd like to continue in that vein - I'm a Literature student, and I'd love to go on to do a PhD in the same field, but it all falls on this thesis and how it's structured.

Can anyone recommend any Marxist/left-leaning books on the American Civil War, and the Cold War?

Thanks in advance!

You can try checking out Leninist.biz as there are many Cold War-related books there:
http://leninist.biz/en/Text

As for the Civil War, Marx and Engels wrote several articles on it:
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/wo ... /index.htm

Thanks very much! There's some brilliant stuff on there. Much better than the crap I've been recommended by the uni - loads of rubbish glorifying "wonderful Americanism!"...