U.S.A., The Permanent Revolution

ISBN: 0313225001

Author: Fortune

Condition: New

Russell Wheeler Davenport (1899 - 1954) was an American publisher and writer. He joined the editorial staff of Fortune magazine in 1930 and became managing editor in 1937. At age 41, he turned to politics and became a personal and political advisor to Wendell Willkie. Willkie was the Republican nominee for the 1940 presidential election and lost the election to Franklin D. Roosevelt. After Willkie's death in 1944, Davenport became a de facto leader of the internationalist Republicans. This book was published in 1951 by the Editors of Fortune Magazine and written by Davenport. Fortune Magazine asked Davenport to define the project. It states it was written because the story of America is the crucial story of our time, the shape of things to come depends on us - our moral decision, our wisdom, our vision, and our will; and because it is a time for fundamentals. It talks about the American way of life, the transformation of American capitalism, our political parties, the U.S. labor movement, the problems of free men, individualism and U.S. foreign policy.