Up from Liberalism (INSCRIBED)
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1968. First Edition Thus. INSCRIBED "For General A. Wedemeyer, with admiration, Bill Buckley." 8vo. 234 pp. Index. Introduction by Barry Goldwater; Foreword by John Dos Passos; With a New Preface by the Author. Personal bookplate for General Wedemeyer inside front cover. Blue cloth in photo-illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in very good dustjacket (fading to spine; agetoning; minor wear to extremeties). William F. Buckey, Jr. and General Albert C. Wedemeyer (a key U.S. Army strategist during World War II; he served as Chiang Kai-shek’s Chief of Staff and commanded American forces there), shared a connection through their staunch anti-communist views and mutual interest in U.S. foreign policy, particularly regarding China. Item #20943
...For it was in these pages that what might be called the virus of contemporary liberalism was first isolated, stained and photographed. Indeed, author William F. Buckley Jr. shows the affliction to be of epidemic dimensions." - dustjacket flap.
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