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The best of I.F. Stone / I.F. Stone ; edited by Karl Weber ; introduction by Peter Osnos.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Public Affairs, c2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 350 p. ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 158648463X
  • 9781586484637
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.82/5 22
LOC classification:
  • E742 S877b 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Prologue : a word about myself Free speech is worth the risk Quis custodiet custodem? Einstein, Oxnam, and the inquisition The first welts on Joe McCarthy The cost of anticommunism Incommensurate equation : justice and security Freedom of the press : a minority opinion The court turns back the clock Boris Pasternak In defense of the campus rebels The crisis coming for a free press War comes to Washington The shake-up we need Washington's forbidden topic One year after Pearl Harbor Relaxing too soon How Washington took the news The same old codgers Brass hats undaunted The end of the war Organization for peace, or against the Soviet Union? Unnoticed news bulletin Mr. Smith pleads for peace Shall we take the gamble Hitler lost? A chill falls on Washington First call for a test ban National suicide as a form of defense Natasha's ready answers The legacy of Stalin Almost as safe as Ivory Soap is pure? The mythology of the anti-missile missile Fresh light on the mystery of the missiles The rapid deterioration of our national leadership The Voice of America falters May 17, 1954 The murder of Emmett Till Eisenhower goes neutralist on civil rights The beginnings of a revolution The wall between When the bourbon flowed The march on Washington The fire has only just begun The Mason-Dixon line moves to New York For the Jews : life or death? Jewry in a blind alley Palestine pilgrimage The racist challenge in Israel Holy war What few know about the Tonkin Bay incidents Lyndon Johnson lets the office boy declare war Time to tell the truth for a change What it's like to be in Saigon Why we fail as revolutionaries While others dodge the draft, Bobby dodges the war The mindless momentum of a runaway military machine Same old formulas, same tired rhetoric Only the bums can save the country now Thomas E. Dewey Farewell to F.D.R LaGuardia and UNRRA Albert Einstein Goldwater and his tribe Curtis LeMay : cave man in a jet bomber Epilogue : for a universal day of atonement
Summary: "I. F. Stone was a reporter, a radical, and idealist, a scholar and, it is clear, a writer whose insights have stood the test of time. More than fifteen years after his death, this collection of his work from I. F. Stone's Weekly and elsewhere is astonishing in its relevance to our age, addressing the clash between national security and individual liberty; the rights of minorities; economic fairness; social justice; and the dangers of American militarism abroad."
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) E742 S877b 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000199033

Previously published essays appearing primarily in I.F. Stone's weekly reader; additional essays published in the Nation and The New York review of books.

Includes index.


Prologue : a word about myself
Free speech is worth the risk
Quis custodiet custodem?
Einstein, Oxnam, and the inquisition
The first welts on Joe McCarthy
The cost of anticommunism
Incommensurate equation : justice and security
Freedom of the press : a minority opinion
The court turns back the clock
Boris Pasternak
In defense of the campus rebels
The crisis coming for a free press
War comes to Washington
The shake-up we need
Washington's forbidden topic
One year after Pearl Harbor
Relaxing too soon
How Washington took the news
The same old codgers
Brass hats undaunted
The end of the war
Organization for peace, or against the Soviet Union?
Unnoticed news bulletin
Mr. Smith pleads for peace
Shall we take the gamble Hitler lost?
A chill falls on Washington
First call for a test ban
National suicide as a form of defense
Natasha's ready answers
The legacy of Stalin
Almost as safe as Ivory Soap is pure?
The mythology of the anti-missile missile
Fresh light on the mystery of the missiles
The rapid deterioration of our national leadership
The Voice of America falters
May 17, 1954
The murder of Emmett Till
Eisenhower goes neutralist on civil rights
The beginnings of a revolution
The wall between
When the bourbon flowed
The march on Washington
The fire has only just begun
The Mason-Dixon line moves to New York
For the Jews : life or death?
Jewry in a blind alley
Palestine pilgrimage
The racist challenge in Israel
Holy war
What few know about the Tonkin Bay incidents
Lyndon Johnson lets the office boy declare war
Time to tell the truth for a change
What it's like to be in Saigon
Why we fail as revolutionaries
While others dodge the draft, Bobby dodges the war
The mindless momentum of a runaway military machine
Same old formulas, same tired rhetoric
Only the bums can save the country now
Thomas E. Dewey
Farewell to F.D.R
LaGuardia and UNRRA
Albert Einstein
Goldwater and his tribe
Curtis LeMay : cave man in a jet bomber
Epilogue : for a universal day of atonement

"I. F. Stone was a reporter, a radical, and idealist, a scholar and, it is clear, a writer whose insights have stood the test of time. More than fifteen years after his death, this collection of his work from I. F. Stone's Weekly and elsewhere is astonishing in its relevance to our age, addressing the clash between national security and individual liberty; the rights of minorities; economic fairness; social justice; and the dangers of American militarism abroad."

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