Quigley Walter E Introduction (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. The printing plates for the 1917 first edition entitled "Why Is Your Country At War" were destroyed by federal edict in the 1918 hysteria of WWI. (per p.7). "An incisive study of those who stand to benefit from international conflict and of the suffering such conflict brings. The Wilson administration sought to suppress this book during our war 'to make the world safe for democracy.'" - Robert H. Weems in 'A Populist Bibliography', p.163. "In the light of events since this book was written [Lindbergh] must stand as one of the nation's leading economists. You will realize when you have read this book that 'Here was a Man.'" - Introduction. [6]-215 pp. Frontis photo of author and his son, the famed aviator. Three additional pages of black and white photographs. Published posthumously as Lindbergh, a longtime Minnesota congressman, died in 1924. Moderate wear to original red cloth lettered in gilt. Lacking front free endpaper. Name in ball pen at bottom of table of contents, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this historic title. Weems p. 163 ; 12mo.…