Walter Lippmann and the American Century - Hardcover

Ronald Steel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0370303768 ISBN 13: 9780370303765

Publisher: Bodley Head, 1981

Synopsis

The journalist Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) was a magisterial figure who relished his role as an insider, an adviser to presidents, a shaper and sometime purveyor of government policy. Drawing on conversations with Lippmann and exclusive access to his private papers, Ronald Steel documents the broad flow of Lippmann's career from his brilliant Harvard days and his role in helping formulate Wilson's Fourteen Points in World War I to his bitter break with Lyndon Johnson over Vietnam. Written with clarity and objectivity, this definitive biography presents a commanding portrait of a complicated man and "guides its reader through the first three-quarters of this American century" (The New Yorker).

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"A marvelously researched and readable biography."

-- Joseph P. Lash, The New York Times Book Review

"An engrossing biography and a splendid primer to six decades of turbulent political life... Required reading for everyone interested in this troubled century." -- Time

"Rare and admirable... exactly, unerringly appropriate to its subject...scrupulous, reflective, balanced, comprehensive, admiring yet never fawning."

-- Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Star

About the Author:

Ronald Steel has written extensively on American politics and foreign policy, and is the author of several books, including Pax Americana. Born in Ilinois and educated at Northwestern and Harvard Universities, he is professor of international relations and history at the University of Southern California.

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Bodley Head
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0370303768
• ISBN 13: 9780370303765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 704