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America and the World War Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
America and the World War Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
In the New York Evening Post for September 30, 1814, a correspondent writes from Washington that on the ruins of the Capitol, which had just been burned by a small British army, various disgusted patriots had written sentences which included the following: "Fruits of war without preparation" and "Mirror of democracy." A century later, in December, 1914, the same paper, ardently championing the policy of national unpreparedness and claiming that democracy was incompatible with preparedness against war, declared that it was moved to tears by its pleasure in the similar championship of the same policy contained in President Wilson's just-published message to Congress. The message is for the most part couched in terms of adroit and dexterous, and usually indirect, suggestion, and carefully avoids downright, or indeed straightforward, statement of policy -- the meaning being conveyed in questions and hints, often so veiled and so obscure as to make it possible to draw contradictory conclusions from the words used. There are, however, fairly clear statements that we . . .
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 7, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9781540852922 |
Publishers | Createspace Independent Publishing Platf |
Pages | 168 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 10 mm · 254 g |
Language | English |
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