A board member and former president and Vice President of the peace history society. Im delighted to moderate this session. World war i spawned the modern American Peace movement. This modern movement advocated both peace and social justice and was characterized by liberal and radical Citizen Peace activists, womens peace organizations and a progressive reformist impulse. Significantly, this movement contained a powerful secular impulse in the post1914 Peace Movement marked an important milestone in what John Chambers and charles moscose termed the shift from safer to secular resistance and towards a new conscientious objection. Historically peace activism was based on religious motives, although in the decade or so before 1914 secular middle class peace societies emerged, including the cornegy endowment for International Peace and the world peace foundation. World war i accelerated this trend toward secularization. During the war socialists, anarchists and other political radicals bas
Im delighted to moderate this session. World war i spawned the modern American Peace movement. This modern movement advocated both peace and social justice and was characterized by liberal and radical Citizen Peace activists, womens peace organizations and a progressive reformist impulse. Significantly, this movement contained a powerful secular impulse in the post1914 Peace Movement marked an important milestone in what John Chambers and charles moscose termed the shift from safer to secular red to secularac resistance and towards a new Conscientious Objection. Historically peace activism was based on religious motives, although in the decade or so before 1914 secular middle class peace societies emerged, including the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the world peace foundation. World war i accelerated this trend toward secularization. During the war, socialists, anarchists, and other political radicals based their dissent on secular principles, political, philosophical
He wasnt always right. In fact, he predicted that dewey would win in 1948. But he was right about world war iii. And he talked a lot about that later on in the book, the drew pearson diaries. It covers 1960 to 1969. Several places in there, he talks about the danger of war and how the russians he doesnt think the russians really want war. He interviewed the biggest russian leader of that era several times, khrushchev. Khrushchev works into his thoughts and dealings with the russians frequently. Brian there is a lot i want to just lay down some of the things he did and tell me if any of this is right or wrong. First to report of general patton slapping the soldier. Tyler 1943. Brian general Douglas Macarthur sued him for defamation, but pearson threatened to publish his letters from his mistress. Tyler yes. And macarthur backed off. In fact, those letters are still around. I got a call about them several years ago from a guy who just researched them because he was a because his lawyer a
But i was four. He played a big role in my life. He died when i was 37. Very sad. But he was an amazing, remarkable man. He did everything. Just everything. Brian someone who has never heard of him, what did he do . Tyler he was a remarkable journalist. He invented the washington dc which is now occupied by i dont know how many people. Unlike mene a column today or women today seven days a week, every day of the year. He wrote a column. Mostly about washington, but all comes of things. He flew around the world. He started out as a young man interviewing europes 12 greatest men that is how he actually started and made a name brian for himself. Where was he from originally made a name for himself. Brian where was he from originally . Tyler he was from evanston illinois evanston, illinois. His father was an was professor. He had a job at Swarthmore College in pennsylvania. East in a wagon drawn by two horses. Changed ground has been in his lifetime. Brian he lived what years . Tyler he wa
Mother married him he married my mother, or my mother married him. But i was four. He played a big role in my life. He died when i was 37. Very sad. But he was an amazing, remarkable man. He did everything. Just everything. Brian someone who has never heard of him, what did he do . Tyler he was a remarkable journalist. He invented the washington, d. C. , column, which is now occupied by i dont know how many people. And he wrote a column unlike men and he wrote a column, unlike men today or women today, seven days a week, every day of the year. He wrote a column. Mostly about washington, but all kinds of things. He flew around the world. Started out as a young man interviewing europes 12 greatest men. That is how he actually started and made a name for himself. Brian where was he from originally . Tyler he was born in evanston, illinois. His father was a professor in english at northwestern. And his dad got a job at Swarthmore College in pennsylvania. Ien drew was about 5 or 6, think, a