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Reinhold Niebuhr: The Irony of American History (Paperback, 2008, University Of Chicago Press) 3 stars

"[Niebuhr] is one of my favorite philosophers. I take away [from his works] the compelling …

so quotable, sometimes cringe

3 stars

At its best, sharp analysis of American conflation of morality and prosperity, less so as a Cold War text criticizing both US and USSR attempts to manage history while making soon-to-be-awkward claims about democracy's defenses against pursuing preventative war, factionalism, and ideological blind hubris.