The nearest the modern general or admiral comes to a small-arms encounter of any sort is at a duck hunt in the company of corporation executives at the retreat of Continental Motors, Inc.

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In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of...

In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of...

Commercial jazz, soap opera, pulp fiction, comic strips, the movies set the images, mannerisms, standards,...

Commercial jazz, soap opera, pulp fiction, comic strips, the movies set the images, mannerisms, standards,...

America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London,...

America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London,...

Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood...

Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood...

Every revolution has its counterrevolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.

Every revolution has its counterrevolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.

People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with...

People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with...

Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to...

Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to...

What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded...

What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded...

The principal cause of war is war itself.

The principal cause of war is war itself.

Prestige is the shadow of money and power.

Prestige is the shadow of money and power.

Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the...

Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the...