Forged during the tumultuous but triumphant postwar years when America came of age as a world power, "The Irony of American History" is more relevant now than ever before. Cited by politicians as diverse as Hillary Clinton and John McCain, Niebuhr's masterpiece on the incongruity between personal ideals and political reality is both an indictment of American moral complacency and a warning against the arrogance of virtue. Impassioned, eloquent, and deeply perceptive, Niebuhr's wisdom will cause readers to rethink their assumptions about right and wrong, war and peace.
- ISBN10 0684718553
- ISBN13 9780684718552
- Publish Date 1 January 1984 (first published 4 March 1982)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Scribner Book Company
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language English