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W AITER IIPPM A N N AND THE AMERICAN CENTURY Walter Lippmann W AITER UPPM ANN AND THE AMERICAN CENTURY Ronald Steel with a new introduction by the author Routledge Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK Originally published in 1980 by Little, Brown and Company. Published 1999 by Transaction Publishers Published 2017 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon 0X14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business New material this edition copyright © 1999 by Taylor & Francis Many of The New Republic articles quoted are contained in Early Writings by Walter Lippmann and are reprinted by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation. Copyright © 1970 by the Liveright Publishing Corporation. Quotations from: —Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann, copyright 1922, renewed 1951 by Walter Lippmann are reprinted by permission of Macmillian Publishing Co., Inc. —Lippmann’s columns in the Washingron Post are reprinted with the Post's permission. A portion of this book has appeared in Esquire. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 98-29026 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Steel, Ronald. Walter Lippmann and the American century / Ronald Steel, with a new introduction by the author, p. cm. Originally published: Boston : Little Brown, cl980. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7658-0464-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974. 2. Journalists—United States— Biography. I. Title. PN4874.L4548 1998 070'.92—dc21 98-29026 CIP ISBN 13: 978-0-7658-0464-8 (pbk) To Dori Lewis Philosophies . . . are the very soul of the philosopher projected, and to the discerning critic they may tell more about him than he knows about him self In this sense the man’s philoso phy is his autobiography; you may read in it the story of his conflict with life. — Walter Lippmann in the New Republic, July 17, 1915 Contents INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION xi The Name That Opened Every Door xv prologue: Part One: 1889-1931 1. The Only Child 3 2. Harvard '10 12 3. A Friend of the Masses 23 4. Muckrakers and Socialists 33 5. A Little Iconoclasm 45 6. Reputation 58 7. “Agitation Isn’t My Job” 74 8. “Hypocritical Neutrality” 88 9. Electing a War President 101 10. To the Colors 116 11. The Inquiry 128 12. Captain Lippmann, Propagandist 141 13. “This Is Not Peace” 155 14. Pictures in Their Heads 171 15. A Conspicuous Race 186 16. Lord of the Tower 197 17. Tyranny of the Masses 211 18. A Muted Trumpet 220 19. The Mexican Connection 235 20. Men of Destiny 245 21. The Disinterested Man 257 22. The End of the World 269 X CONTENTS Part Two: 1931-1974 23- An “Amiable Boy Scout” 285 24. A Reluctant Convert 299 25- Times out of Joint 310 26. Treading Water 327 27. A Gate Unlocked 342 28. Starting Over 354 29. The Phony Peace 367 30. Tried and Found Wanting 379 3i- Panic and Bungling 393 32. Realpolitik 404 33* Drifting toward Catastrophe 418 34- Swimming up Niagara 433 35- War Scare 450 36. Room at the Top 462 37- Overtaken by Events 479 38- A Private Philosophy 491 39- Waiting for an Innovator 502 40. At the New Frontier 521 41. Mythmaking 532 42. “A Man for This Season” 544 43- Seduction and Betrayal 557 44. An End and a Beginning 573 45- Hie Worst of Times 585 Chronology 601 Notes 603 Bibliography 632 Acknowledgments 637 Index 639
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