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Acclaimed historian Alan Brinkley gives us a sharply realized portrait of Henry Luce, arguably the most important publisher of the twentieth century. As the founder of Time , Fortune, and Life magazines, Luce changed the way we consume news and the way we understand our world. Born the... read more
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People edit
- Henry Luce: Add a description of this character.
- Clare Boothe Luce
- Harry
- Hadden
- Roosevelt
- Willkie
- Kennedy
- Eisenhower
- Larsen
- Marshall
- Ingersoll
- Hotchkiss
- Bourke-white
- Jeanne
- Macleish
- Dulles
- Iadden
- Churchill
- Longwell
- Davenport
- Ross
- Mussolini
- Goldsborough
- Wedemeyer
- Martin
- Donovan
- Stilwell
- Johnson
- Stalin
- Truman
- Bancroft
- Wallace
- Harty
- Gottfried
- Mrs. Mccormick
- Wilkie
- Hitler
- Sheldon
- Lippmann
- Mccarthy
- Larson
- Buehler
- Winkle
- Matthews
- Acheson
- Macarthur
- C. D. Jackson
Setting & Locations edit
- Losing China
- America
- United States
- New York City
- Europe
- Chicago
- Asia
- England
- Rome
- Washington
- Germany
- Soviet Union
- Russia
- London
- Italy
- Great Britain
- France
- Paris
- Japan
- Vietnam
- Cleveland
- Korea
- Scranton
- Shanghai
- Connecticut
- Lila
- Pacific
- Moscow
- White House
- Chefoo
- Baltimore
- New Deal
- Oxford
- South Carolina
- Phoenix
- Kuomintang
- Philadelphia
- Massachusetts
- San Francisco
- Hawaii
- Brooklyn
- Switzerland
- Atlantic
- Beijing
- California
- New Jersey
- Brazil
First Sentence edit
In May 1966 Henry R. Luce—cofounder of what became the largest and most influential magazine empire in America—agreed to participate in an exclusive television interview for the first time in his life
Table of Contents edit
Preface
I Americans Abroad
II The Striver
III Big Man
IV “The Paper”
V “Time: The Weekly News-Magazine”
VI Empire Building
VII “Time Marches On”
VIII “Life Begins”
IX Man of the World
X Time Inc. Goes to War
XI Losing China
XII Cold Warriors
XIII National Purpose
XIV Letting Go
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgments
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alan Brinkley (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 0679414444
Page Count: 560
Publisher: Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 0679414444
Page Count: 560
Awards edit
- Pulitzer Prize (Finalist, 2011: Biography or Autobiography)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 070.5092
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