Henry R. Luce, Time, and the American Crusade in Asia - Couverture rigide

Herzstein, Robert E.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521835771 ISBN 13 : 9780521835770

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Henry Robinson Luce (1898–1967) founded Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated. Born in China to missionary parents, Luce was a kind of lay preacher, anxious to mold the American mind and advance his ideological program: intervention, capitalism, democracy (when appropriate) and Christian activism. The most celebrated and influential editor of his day, Luce was also obsessed with the American mission in the world, and with China and East Asia, the place of his birth. Luce tried to 'sell' this mission to a sometimes reluctant public. A passionate anti-Communist interventionist, he also convinced Americans that the US had perversely 'lost' China to the Communists. A fervent advocate of the Vietnam intervention, Luce, author of the American Century edited incoming cables so that magazines might conform to his ideas.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert E. Herzstein is a Carolina Distinguished Professor of History at the University of South Carolina where he teaches. He is the author of numerous books including Henry R. Luce: A Political Portrait of the Man Who Created the American Century, Waldheim: The Missing Years, Roosevelt and Hitler: Prelude to War, Adolf Hitler and the German Trauma, and The Nazis (Time-Life Books). Professor Herzstein is also the author of numerous scholarly articles and the recipient of various awards and grants.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521835771
• ISBN 13: 9780521835770
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 364
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie