1994, ISBN: 9780684193601

New York: Scribner, 1994 xx, 521 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Age toning, top edge ligh… Mehr…

New York: Scribner, 1994 xx, 521 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket with creased flaps. "No publisher influenced his era more than Henry Robinson Luce, the creator of Time, Life, and Fortune, as well as the March of Time newsreels. With an audience of more than 40 million people every week, Luce's publications molded Americans' opinions and helped shape the political landscape of the nation - and the world. In this first full-scale historical treatment of Luce's life and times, Robert E. Herzstein illuminates the intermingling of Luce's private and public personae as no other writer has done. Born in China of missionary parents, Luce lived his life, Herzstein reveals, as a kind of Presbyterian lay evangelist preaching a sermon of Christian, nationalist, global interventionism. Time magazine, founded in 1923, became the cornerstone of the publishing empire that during the next four decades made Henry Luce one of the nation's most important private citizens. The inventor of the slogan "The American Century," Luce believed that his publications were meant to prepare Americans for global benevolence in the name of God and humanity. But Luce's lofty goals were always allied to an innate love for the shadowy world of politics. For the first time, Herzstein documents the historic alliance between Luce, a Republican who called the GOP his "second church," and Franklin D. Roosevelt, as both men tried to aid Britain and to prepare the United States for its entry into World War II. Using the private papers of both Henry and Clare Luce, as well as interviews with their surviving colleagues, relatives, and friends, Herzstein depicts Luce's historic encounters with leaders as diverse as Douglas MacArthur, Mao Tse-tung, and Chiang Kai-shek, and his uneasy relationships with writers and editors like John Hersey, Whittaker Chambers, and Theodore H. White. Herzstein also examines how Luce shaped public opinion and public policy in a variety of areas, including civil rights for blacks, for which Luce was an often unpopular advocate, the aggressive anti-Soviet foreign policy of the postwar period, the hunt Luce fueled for the villains who "lost" China to the Communists, and the battle he waged for intervention in Indochina." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Scribner, 1994, 3<

1994, ISBN: 9780684193601

New York: Scribner, 1994. xx, 521 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Age toning, top edge lightly soil… Mehr…

New York: Scribner, 1994. xx, 521 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket with creased flaps. "No publisher influenced his era more than Henry Robinson Luce, the creator of Time, Life, and Fortune, as well as the March of Time newsreels. With an audience of more than 40 million people every week, Luce's publications molded Americans' opinions and helped shape the political landscape of the nation - and the world. In this first full-scale historical treatment of Luce's life and times, Robert E. Herzstein illuminates the intermingling of Luce's private and public personae as no other writer has done. Born in China of missionary parents, Luce lived his life, Herzstein reveals, as a kind of Presbyterian lay evangelist preaching a sermon of Christian, nationalist, global interventionism. Time magazine, founded in 1923, became the cornerstone of the publishing empire that during the next four decades made Henry Luce one of the nation's most important private citizens. The inventor of the slogan "The American Century," Luce believed that his publications were meant to prepare Americans for global benevolence in the name of God and humanity. But Luce's lofty goals were always allied to an innate love for the shadowy world of politics. For the first time, Herzstein documents the historic alliance between Luce, a Republican who called the GOP his "second church," and Franklin D. Roosevelt, as both men tried to aid Britain and to prepare the United States for its entry into World War II. Using the private papers of both Henry and Clare Luce, as well as interviews with their surviving colleagues, relatives, and friends, Herzstein depicts Luce's historic encounters with leaders as diverse as Douglas MacArthur, Mao Tse-tung, and Chiang Kai-shek, and his uneasy relationships with writers and editors like John Hersey, Whittaker Chambers, and Theodore H. White. Herzstein also examines how Luce shaped public opinion and public policy in a variety of areas, including civil rights for blacks, for which Luce was an often unpopular advocate, the aggressive anti-Soviet foreign policy of the postwar period, the hunt Luce fueled for the villains who "lost" China to the Communists, and the battle he waged for intervention in Indochina." - Publisher.. 1st.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo., Scribner, 1994, 3<

1994, ISBN: 9780684193601

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0684193604 . A first printing of this biography of Henry Robinson Luce (1898-19… Mehr…

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0684193604 . A first printing of this biography of Henry Robinson Luce (1898-1967), founder of Time and Life magazines, influential friend of key players & politicians and shaper of American popular opinion in the 20th Century. With two sections of black & white plates bearing images from Mr. Luce's life; indexed. --- In blue paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with titling in gilt to spine. Dust jacket features black & white photographic portrait of Luce to cover. --- A bright, tightly-bound, undamaged copy. Unclipped jacket with a little chafing to edges, otherwise damage-free.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xx, 512 pages ., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994, 4<

ISBN: 9780684193601

Scribner. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library c… Mehr…

Scribner. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Scribner, 2.5<

1994, ISBN: 9780684193601

Scribner, 1994-05-25. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1.9000 in x 9.3000 in x 6.4000 in. 1994. Charles Scribner's Sons.521 pages. Ex-Library Hardcover with usual markings, stamps, and stickers. … Mehr…

Scribner, 1994-05-25. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1.9000 in x 9.3000 in x 6.4000 in. 1994. Charles Scribner's Sons.521 pages. Ex-Library Hardcover with usual markings, stamps, and stickers. Dust Jacket has a clear, plastic covering over it. Inside pages are in good condition., Scribner, 1994-05-25, 2.5<