One Hundred Years Of The Monroe Doctrine

Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press, 1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 127 Pp. Brown Cloth Stamped In Black (Original Binding). First Printing. Very Good, Slight Usage, Ownership Information Of "Los Angeles Fire Dept. Engine Co. #51" Written On Front Endpaper (Perhaps The City Partially Subsidized The Book By Purchasing Copies For Its Various Offices). The First Step In Justifying Power Is To Give A Name To Each Critical Stage Of Its Historical Development, Numbing The Observer Before Seducing Them. It's So Easy It's Almost Ridiculous. One Can Count The Dozens Of Military Excursions, But The Covert Exercise Of Influence On Western Hemisphere Politics Is So Pervasive As To Be An Essential Component Of The Political Structure Of Every One Of Its Countries Far Beyond The Formal And Public Diplomatic Activity With Which The Doctrine Is Usually Discussed.