Force and Ideas - The Early Writings

Klappentext Beginning with the first issue of the "New Republic" in 1914! and continuing for the following six years! Walter Lippmann wrote numerous signed and unsigned articles. This is a collection of them! with an introduction and annotations by historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Zusammenfassung The acclaim for Lippmann the political thinker has at times obscured the equally impressive accomplishments of Lippmann the journalist Inhaltsverzeichnis War And Peace; Force And Ideas; Defining Terms; Vera Cruz; Timid Neutrality; Life Is Cheap; A Little Child Shall Lead Them; Are We Pro-German?; Trade And The Flag; An Appeal To The President; Mr. Wilson’S Great Utterance; America To Europe, August, 1916; Perishable Books; British-American Irritation; Poltroons And Pacifists; The Will To Believe; America Speaks; The Defense Of The Atlantic World; The Conditions For Peace; The World In Revolution; The Great Decision; Beyond National Government; Assuming We Join; Politics; The Palmer Letter; Taking A Chance; Brandeis; Untrustworthy?; The Case Against Brandeis; The Issues Of 1916; At The Chicago Conventions; The Puzzle Of Hughes; The Progressives; Honor And Election Returns; Chicago—December Fifth; In The Next Four Years; And Congress; Thank You For Nothing; Leonard Wood; The Logic Of Lowden; Mcadoo; Chicago 1920; Is Harding A Republican?; Unrest; Quiet, Please; Minimum Wage; Devil’S Advocates; Lending And Spending; The Railroad Crisis And After; The Averted Railway Strike; An Ineffective Remedy; Can The Strike Be Abandoned?; The Campaign Against Sweating; Shorter Hours; The N.A.M. Speaks; Mr. Rockefeller On The Stand; The Rockefeller Plan In Colorado; Unrest; Arts And Other Matters; Legendary John Reed; Freud And The Layman; Scandal; The Footnote; Inconspicuous Creation; “Plumb Insane”; Angels To The Rescue; “Americanism”; Miss Lowell And Things; Science As Scapegoat; The Lost Theme; The White Passion

Product details

• Authors: Schlesinger Arthur, Walter Lippmann, Lippmann Walter
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2000
• EAN: 9780765806208
• ISBN: 978-0-7658-0620-8
• No. of pages: 366
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; USA, First World War, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, Political science & theory, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I