Democracy in Exile : : Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual / / Daniel Bessner.

Anyone interested in the history of U.S. foreign relations, Cold War history, and twentieth century intellectual history will find this impressive biography of Hans Speier, one of the most influential figures in American defense circles of the twentieth century, a must-read.In Democracy in Exile, Da...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:The United States in the World
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 12 b&w halftones, 1 chart
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Democracy, Expertise, and U.S. Foreign Policy
  • Chapter 1. Masses and Marxism in Weimar Germany
  • Chapter 2. The Social Role of the Intellectual Exile
  • Chapter 3. Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Democracy in Crisis
  • Chapter 4. Psychological Warfare in Theory and Practice
  • Chapter 5. The Making of a Defense Intellectual
  • Chapter 6. The Adviser
  • Chapter 7. The Institution Builder
  • Chapter 8. Social Science and Its Discontents
  • Conclusion. Speier, Expertise, and Democracy after 1960
  • Abbreviations
  • Archival and Source Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Archives Cited
  • Index