Introduction : the Beardian interpretation of American history -- Discovering the economic taproot of imperialism -- Two contrasting progressive views of the Great War -- Becoming a revisionist -- Washington and Wall Street working together for war -- Isolationism versus internationalism -- A wartime trilogy -- Waging war for the four freedoms -- Beard finds an ally in Herbert Hoover -- Attacking "the Saint" -- Defending Beard after the fall -- Beard's philosophy of history and American imperialism -- Conclusion : the sad historian of the pensive plain.
Summary:
"In the face of the ruinous costs of empire, about which Charles Austin Beard warned at the time of the Second World War, the life and work of this American prophet merit reexamination today"-- Provided by publisher.
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