Birth Of Reason And Other Essays
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The Birth Of Reason Other Essays
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Author : George Santayana
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995-01
The Birth Of Reason Other Essays written by George Santayana and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01 with Philosophy categories.
Surveying the expanding conflict in Europe during one of his famous fireside chats in 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt ominously warned that "we know of other methods, new methods of attack. The Trojan horse. The fifth column that betrays a nation unprepared for treachery. Spies, saboteurs, and traitors are the actors in this new strategy." Having identified a new type of war -- a shadow war -- being perpetrated by Hitler's Germany, FDR decided to fight fire with fire, authorizing the formation of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to organize and oversee covert operations. Based on an extensive analysis of OSS records, including the vast trove of records released by the CIA in the 1980s and '90s, as well as a new set of interviews with OSS veterans conducted by the author and a team of American scholars from 1995 to 1997, The Shadow War Against Hitler is the full story of America's far-flung secret intelligence apparatus during World War II. In addition to its responsibilities generating, processing, and interpreting intelligence information, the OSS orchestrated all manner of dark operations, including extending feelers to anti-Hitler elements, infiltrating spies and sabotage agents behind enemy lines, and implementing propaganda programs. Planned and directed from Washington, the anti-Hitler campaign was largely conducted in Europe, especially through the OSS's foreign outposts in Bern and London. A fascinating cast of characters made the OSS run: William J. Donovan, one of the most decorated individuals in the American military who became the driving force behind the OSS's genesis; Allen Dulles, the future CIA chief who ran the Bern office, which he called "the big window onto the fascist world"; a veritable pantheon of Ivy League academics who were recruited to work for the intelligence services; and, not least, Roosevelt himself. A major contribution of the book is the story of how FDR employed Hitler's former propaganda chief, Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstengl, as a private spy. More than a record of dramatic incidents and daring personalities, this book adds significantly to our understanding of how the United States fought World War II. It demonstrates that the extent, and limitations, of secret intelligence information shaped not only the conduct of the war but also the face of the world that emerged from the shadows.
Birth Of Reason And Other Essays
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Author : George Santayana
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
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The Birth Of Reason And Other Essays
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Author : George ; Cory Santayana (Daniel, ed)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
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The Birth Of Reason Other Essays
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Author : George Santayana
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
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Birth Of Reason Other Essays Edited The
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Author : George Santayana
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
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Understanding History
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Author : Bertrand Russell
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2014-12-02
Understanding History written by Bertrand Russell and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-02 with Philosophy categories.
Essays on topics from nuclear physics to the role of faith in society from the Nobel Prize–winning philosopher. Originally written in 1943 and published in 1957 by Philosophical Library, Inc, these vigorous essays from one of the most distinguished minds of our time reveal several facets of the English philosopher’s thought. The title piece exposes the deadliness of the academic approach to the past, and shows how the reading of history can be a vivid intellectual pleasure. In “The Value of Free Thought,” Russell once again proves himself a ruthless foe of stifling orthodoxy and a fearless champion of free thought, free action and free speech. Then in a series of articles on a subject near to his heart, he explores the effect of atomic physics on such philosophic concepts as materialism, idealism, determinism and faith. In short, here is a complete banquet of provocative ideas—wise and witty; skeptical and profound—to whet the appetite of every discriminating reader.
Why I Write
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Author : George Orwell
language : en
Publisher: Renard Press Ltd
Release Date : 2021-01-01
Why I Write written by George Orwell and has been published by Renard Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-01 with Literary Collections categories.
George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre. 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' — Irish Times
Reason Intuition And Other Essays
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Author : John Leofric Stocks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939
Reason Intuition And Other Essays written by John Leofric Stocks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with Philosophy categories.
Perpetual Peace And Other Essays
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Author : Immanuel Kant
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 1983-02-15
Perpetual Peace And Other Essays written by Immanuel Kant and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-02-15 with Philosophy categories.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction. Bibliography. A Note on the Text. 1. Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Intent (1784) 2. An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment? (1784) 3. Speculative Beginning of Human History (1786) 4. On the Proverb: That May Be True in Theory, but Is of No Practical Use (1793) 5. The End of All Things (1794) 6. To Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch (1795) Glossary of Some German-English Translations. Index.
The Idler And His Works
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Author : George Santayana
language : en
Publisher: Books for Libraries
Release Date : 1969
The Idler And His Works written by George Santayana and has been published by Books for Libraries this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Philosophy categories.