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The Irony of American History
de Reinhold Niebuhr
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- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket
- Librería
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Nisbet & Co, London, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xiv + 151pp. Text contains occasional pencil markings. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked and faded. Edges browned. Ex-library, with minimal stamps and markings (Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre). Covers slightly marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; United States; Modern; Philosophy. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50935. .
Sinopsis
"[Niebuhr] is one of my favorite philosophers. I take away [from his works] the compelling idea that there's serious evil in the world, and hardship and pain. And we should be humble and modest in our belief we can eliminate those things. But we shouldn't use that as an excuse for cynicism and inaction. I take away . . . the sense we have to make these efforts knowing they are hard."—President Barack Obama Forged during the tumultuous but triumphant postwar years when America came of age as a world power, The Irony of American History is more relevant now than ever before. Cited by politicians as diverse as Hillary Clinton and John McCain, Niebuhr's masterpiece on the incongruity between personal ideals and political reality is both an indictment of American moral complacency and a warning against the arrogance of virtue. Impassioned, eloquent, and deeply perceptive, Niebuhr's wisdom will cause readers to rethink their assumptions about right and wrong, war and peace.
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- Librería
- Dreadnought Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 50935
- Título
- The Irony of American History
- Autor
- Reinhold Niebuhr
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good Condition (ex-library)
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Dust Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Nisbet & Co
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1952
- Palabras clave
- BZDB243 Cold War, communism, politics, imperialism History; United States; Modern; Philosophy. Unbranded Reinhold Niebuhr The Irony of American History
- Catálogos del vendedor
- History; Philosophy;
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