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1 online resource (287 pages) |
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Irish Exaggerations; 2 Business Must Be Governed; 3 An Empty Collection of Syllables; 4 Pay as We Fight; 5 A Pretty Sorry Board; 6 A Plague of Promisers; 7 A Great and Grand Guy--Once; 8 A Very Responsible Committee; 9 The Nazi Transmission Belt; 10 The Good Name of a Noble Cause; 11 The Smear Offensive; 12 A Bitter and Disheartening Struggle; 13 God Bless Joe McCarthy; 14 It Sickens My Soul; Conclusion |
| Summary |
John T. Flynn, a prolific writer, columnist for the New Republic, Harper's Magazine, and Collier's Weekly, radio commentator, and political activist, was described by the New York Times in 1964 as "a man of wide-ranging contradictions." In this new biography of Flynn, John E. Moser fleshes out his many contradictions and profound influence on U.S. history and political discourse. In the 1930s, Flynn advocated extensive regulation of the economy, the breakup of holding companies, and heavy taxes on the wealthy. A mere fifteen years later he was denouncing the New Deal as "creeping socialism |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Flynn, John T., 1882-1964.
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Flynn, John T., 1882-1964 fast |
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Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography
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Political activists -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
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Conservatism
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Journalists
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Liberalism
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Political activists
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Politics and government
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140465
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United States
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Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814759745 |
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0814759742 |
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