The American Establishment : And Other Reports, Opinions, and Speculations
London : Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962. Publishers Proof Copy ; First UK Edition. Near fine paperback proof copy; spine slightly worn, with faint creasing to wrapper edges. Remains well-preserved overall: tight, bright and clean. Item #470875
Physical description; 249 pages ; 23 cm. Contents; En route with Truman and Dewey – Mr Morris goes to Washington – The kept witnesses – At a baize-covered table on the Isle of Rhodes – Holmes, J., sage – White Mountaineer – The importance of George Orwell – Arthur Hays Vandenberg : new man in the pantheon – Willkie, another happy warrior – The interior Ickes – The contrarieties of Ezra Pound – Sidney Hillman, or the doctrine of good connections – The wicked conspiracy against General MacArthur – Privacy and the claims of community – The interlocking overlappers, and some further thoughts on the "power situation" – Life and death and sentience – The conscience of Arthur Miller – Communists and intellectuals – The dead Red decade – On political sophistication – The American establishment. Subjects; United States – Politics and government – 20th century. United States – History – 20th century. American essays – 20th century.
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