Making the Money Sing: Private Wealth and Public Power in the Search for Peace

by John Tirman

Book Overview

Can well-placed funding make a difference in world affairs? In the early 1980s, a close-knit group of innovative philanthropists (including the author) dared to fund the burgeoning social movement to end the nuclear arms race. The nuclear freeze campaign and other organizations dedicated to disarmament thrived as a result of the timely investments of this group. Before long, larger foundations joined in, building a formidable opposition to Reagan's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847699226
• ISBN13: 9780847699223
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"