Henry R. Luce, Time, and the American Crusade in Asia

Henry R. Luce, Time, and the American Crusade in Asia
ISBN-10
0521543681
ISBN-13
9780521543682
Category
History
Pages
364
Language
English
Published
2006-10-09
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Robert E. Herzstein

Description

This book shows how Henry Robinson Luce used his famous magazines to advance his interventionist agenda in Cold War China, Korea, Japan, and above all, Vietnam. This is the first balanced work on Luce and his influence, using hitherto undiscovered or inaccessible sources. Luce saw the American Century as the heir to the fading British Empire; he failed to see the hubris and cultural blindness that would lead to disaster in Vietnam - a disaster for which his magazines paved the way.

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