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Lädt ... One Worldvon Wendell L. Willkie
   Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  Lyndatrue | Jan 12, 2015 |    )1  Schmerguls | Oct 1, 2013 |  )4 DavidWineberg | Feb 14, 2012 | The book itself includes Willkie's observations about the people he met on his travels, including Stalin, Chiang Kai-Shek, Field Marshal Montgomery, and many more. In most ways, it's a run-of-the-mill work of war-time propaganda and campaign literature; still, it's somewhat more lucid and articulate than a similar book written today would be. I knew I had to buy it when I saw its front cover, which is covered with amusing endorsements by famous people of the day, like Walter Lippman, William Shirer, and Booth Tarkington. Clifton Fadiman even urges "every American" to read it, noting, "It's not a book, it's a searchlight." With an endorsement like that, how could I not get the book? dwar | Mar 24, 2007 | Zeige 5 von 5 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.548173History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War II Other Topics Memories and autobiographiesKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (4)
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It's a pity that he died so early. One has to wonder where the world would have gone if he'd been around to influence politics after WWII was over. He was principled, and smart, and respected, and civil rights probably would have come to the fore a decade before it did, and with perhaps less animosity. This is an interesting book, and insightful. Perhaps it's just as well he didn't live, to see all those worthy lessons (mentioned in other reviews here on LT) ignored.
Worth reading.
Title Page: http://www.librarything.com/pic/4688174
Title Page from One World by Wendell L. Wilkie, with further signatures, including Roy Owen Webb. The further signatures and information on the title page itself may be signatures of friends, or of later owners.
Fly Leaf: http://www.librarything.com/pic/4688170
Fly Leaf from One World by Wendell L. Wilkie, comprised of signatures from people who gave the book to one Roy Owen Webb, and each of them signed it. Completely fascinating.
(I just gave this book away, to someone far younger than I, who will enjoy reading it.) (