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Henry R. Luce, Time, and the American crusade in Asia
By Herzstein, Robert Edwin
- ISBN
- 978-0-52183-577-0
- Publisher
- Cambridge, UK ; Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 29, 2005
In an informative but narrow analysis, Herzstein, a professor of history at the University of South Carolina, explores the role mid-century media mogul Henry Luce (Time, Fortune, Life) played in the Asian political theater following World War II. For much of the book, the author recounts China's slide toward Communism, splicing in Luce's quixotic attempts to save the country, both politically and spiritually, through U.S. intervention. Throughout, Luce is painted as a detached, arrogant, closed-minded, well-to-do, hypocritical, spin-doctoring ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
