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Truth and Power: Essays of a decade, 1960-70
Truth and Power Essays of a decade 196070 Author:Hans J. Morgenthau "For those who have made it their business in life to speak truth to power, there is nothing left but to continues to speak, less frequently perhaps than they used to and certainly with less confidence that it will in the short run make much of a difference in the affairs of men." — With that somber statement, Hans J. Morgenthau introduces the co... more »llection of his essays that comprise Truth and Power, a work of penetrating analysis whose scope covers the events of the most explosive and divisive decade in American history since the Civil War. Re-creating a period that began in hope and ended in despair and violence, he captures the commitment to reform that characterized the Kennedy years, and sees that mood turn to bitter frustration as America, still mired in Southeast Asia, moves into the 1970's. Thus emerges a picture of America facing more extreme manifestations of the problems it could not cope with in the previous decade.« less