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1 online resource (449 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Russell |
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Routledge library editions. Russell.
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Cover; Bertrand Russell's America: His Transatlantic Travels and WritingsA Documented AccountVolume Two 1945-1970; Copyright; Contents; Our Sources of Material And Assistance; Introduction; Part I:; 1. The Atom Bomb; 2. American Lectures 1950; 3. American Lectures 1951; 4. The Grip of Conformity; 5. Tributes from America; 6. The Russell-Einstein Alliance; 7. A Question of American Justice; 8. Civil Liberties & the FBI; 9. Russell, Khrushchev & Dulles; 10. Nuclear Disarmament; 11. Civil Disobedience; 12. Cuban Crisis; 13. Rationality of the Arms Race; 14. The New York Times & Vietnam |
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15. The Myth of American Freedom16. The Kennedy Assassination & Aftermath; 17. The Black Revolt; 18. Escalation of the Vietnam War; 19. War Crimes Tribunal; Illustrations; Part II:; What America Could Do With the Atomic Bomb; The American Mentality; Political and Cultural Influence of the USA; Why American is Losing Her Allies; Are These Moral Codes Out of Date?; Democracy & the Teachers; The American Way (A Briton Says) Is Dour; Foreword to Freedom Is As Freedom Does; Justice or Injustice?; Thermonuclear War: Battle of the Experts; The Imminent Danger of Nuclear War |
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The Myth of American FreedomWar and Atrocity in Vietnam; Free World Barbarism; The Increase of American Violence; The Negro Rising; Peace Through Resistance to U.S. Imperialism; Broadcast on National Liberation Front Radio to American Soldiers; Introduction to Pamphlet on Black Militancy; The International War Crimes Tribunal & The Nature of the War in Vietnam; The Entire American People Are On Trial; Index |
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Originally published in 1984, this volume documents Bertrand Russell's travels in America covering the period 1945-1970. It is presented in two halves with the first a biographical account of Russell's involvement with the United States, with special reference to the seven visits he made there during this time period. Throughout this section the most representative of Russell's journalistic writings are highlighted and these are presented as full texts in the second half of the book. This collection is assembled to provide an understanding of Russell's deep and many-sided involvement |
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Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970
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Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970 fast |
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National characteristics, American.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Civilization
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National characteristics, American
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United States -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139934
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United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Kasrils, Ronald
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| ISBN |
9781135099497 |
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1135099499 |
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