The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 149Atlantic Monthly Company, 1932 - American essays |
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Page 90
... political power rests upon our wealth . Neither military prowess nor political skill was needed to gain our present position among the nations . We are living in an economic age , and our position in the modern world is secured by the ...
... political power rests upon our wealth . Neither military prowess nor political skill was needed to gain our present position among the nations . We are living in an economic age , and our position in the modern world is secured by the ...
Page 92
... political inept- ness of the business mind . As long as we had enough wealth to finance our customers , while we ... political contention , at the very moment when the world situation was less favorable to such a policy than at any time ...
... political inept- ness of the business mind . As long as we had enough wealth to finance our customers , while we ... political contention , at the very moment when the world situation was less favorable to such a policy than at any time ...
Page 121
... politicians for the folks back home . The confusion caused by criticism of the above type is worse confounded by certain attempts at ' defense . ' The defenders accept the probability that political motives largely affected the decision ...
... politicians for the folks back home . The confusion caused by criticism of the above type is worse confounded by certain attempts at ' defense . ' The defenders accept the probability that political motives largely affected the decision ...
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