Peace Heroes in Twentieth-Century America

by Charles DeBenedetti

Over twenty years ago when he was running for President, John Kennedy published a book called Profiles in Courage. He was interested in conventional heroes, principled and dedicated, who devoted themselves to holding "the ship of State to its true course." Charles DeBenedetti's timely book is about equally principled heroes who were frequently at odds with the direction the American ship of State was taking at home and abroad. The people who gave...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253343070
• ISBN13: 9780253343079
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.