The Idealist: Wendell Willkie's Wartime Quest To Build One World hardcover english - 27-Mar-20
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| Publisher | HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| ISBN 13 | 9780674737518 |
| Book Subtitle | Wendell Willkie's Wartime Quest To Build One World |
| Book Description | A dramatic account of the daunting plane journey undertaken by businessman-turned-maverick internationalist Wendell Willkie to rally US allies to the war effort. Willkie's tour of a planet shrunk by aviation and war inspired him to challenge Americans to fight a rising tide of nationalism at home., , In August 1942, as the threat of fascism swept the world, a charismatic Republican presidential contender boarded the Gulliver at Mitchel Airfield for a seven-week journey around the world. Wendell Willkie covered 31,000 miles as President Roosevelt's unofficial envoy. He visited the battlefront in North Africa with General Montgomery, debated a frosty de Gaulle in Beirut, almost failed to deliver a letter to Stalin in Moscow, and allowed himself to be seduced by Chiang Kai-shek in China. Through it all, he was struck by the insistent demands for freedom across the world., , In One World, the runaway bestseller he published on his return, Willkie challenged Americans to resist the "America first" doctrine espoused by the war's domestic opponents and warned of the dangers of "narrow nationalism." He urged his fellow citizens to end colonialism and embrace "equality of opportunity for every race and every nation." With his radio broadcasts regularly drawing over 30 million listeners he was able to reach Americans directly in their homes. His call for a more equitable and interconnected world electrified the nation, until he was silenced abruptly by a series of heart attacks in 1944. With his death, America lost its most effective globalist, the man FDR referred to as "Private Citizen Number One.", , At a time when "America first" is again a rallying cry, Willkie's message is at once chastening and inspiring, a reminder that "one world" is more than a matter of economics and that racism and nationalism have long been intertwined. |
| About the Author | Samuel Zipp is a cultural and intellectual historian at Brown University. He has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, n+1, The Baffler, and The Nation and is the author of Manhattan Projects, which won awards from the Organization of American Historians and the Society of Architectural Historians. He also coedited a collection of the writings of Jane Jacobs. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Samuel Zipp |
| Publication Date | 27-Mar-20 |
| Number of Pages | 384 |
The Idealist: Wendell Willkie's Wartime Quest To Build One World hardcover english - 27-Mar-20
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