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Will Morrisey

Churchill and de Gaulle

2014

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Introduction S. 1-8

„… IntroductionWhat Is the Geopolitics of Liberty?I’ve written this book for those who want to learn …” „… . I’ve subtitled this book The Geopolitics ofLiberty because statesmanship means wise and just political …” „… one another, to reason together.Liberty in the political community consists of exactly such rule …”

Preface

„… Churchill and de GaulleChurchill and de GaulleThe Geopolitics of LibertyWill MorriseyROWMAN …” „… : the geopolitics of liberty / Will Morrisey.pages cmIncludes bibliographical references and index.ISBN …” „… Geopolitics of Liberty? 11 The Greatness of Great Britain 92 The Grandeur of France 353 The Geopolitics of …”

10 How de Gaulle Understood the Geopolitics of the Cold War S. 305-350

„… littleand one way or another, toward becoming a European Europe”123 —that is, aEurope of liberty.De Gaulle …” „… States andRussia—one having liberty “for its principal means of action,” the otherservitude. Although …” „… theevent of a conflagration” lit by the new nation of liberty and the old nation ofnew servitude.2 Both the …”

4 The Geopolitics of France S. 99-120

„… regimes of liberty—in times of increased social democratiza-tion, regimes of republican …” „… states—themselves clearthreats to liberty.These stern facts have had their consequences, de Gaulle shows. Francemust …” „… out of it, and by natural reaction against disorder and theabuse of liberty, she abandoned herself to …”

Conclusion S. 351-362

„… ConclusionGeopolitics of LibertyChurchill and de Gaulle both faced the same geopolitical enemies …” „… andconquer” (that was reserved for ruling the peoples within the empire) but of“divide and live in liberty …” „… regime of liberty. By the 1930s, the moral andpolitical crisis seen in the First World War had only …”

2 The Grandeur of France S. 35-60

„… liber-ty.”24 Order and liberty contrast with anarchy and tyranny, making it matterwho wields force and in …” „… , many of these new soldiers submit-ted to discipline with the cry “Vive la Nation!”6352 Chapter 2Liberty …” „… intensified, liberty succumbed. Re-cruitment for a desperate, mass war required conscription, and the task …”

1 The Greatness of Great Britain S. 9-34

„… warmed theirhands at the invaders’ hearth.”5 The “harsh cry of liberty or death”—itselfdeployed by …” „… enabling the enact-ment of the 1689 Act of Toleration, which extended religious liberty to“dissenting”—i.e …” „… . But hunger and squalor and cold were also free; and thepeople demanded something more than liberty.64 …”

3 The Geopolitics of Great Britain S. 61-98

„… with quite so many men.”10 On an island, theregime of liberty can rely on voluntary land troops at most …” „… of freedom, if not liberty, would fight the Romans for centuries, in theend driving them away, as …” „… on.” Tyrantthough he was, Napoleon imported “ideals of liberty and nationalism” to allthe lands he …”

7 How Churchill Understood the Geopolitics of the Second World War S. 177-226

„… , while demonstrating that vigorouscivil liberty—above all freedom of political speech and of the …” „… authority of the Government but by the ardor of the nation.” But thishad weakened liberty, even the desire …” „… for liberty in the American people.“Up till a few years ago no people were more self-reliant and …”

Index S. 421-434

„… , Immanuel; Kantianism, 42, 54, 55 Liberalism, 122–123, 166Keegan, John, 10 liberty, political, 95, 118, 186 …”

8 How de Gaulle Understood the Geopolitics of the Second World War S. 227-268

„… shouldhave regained its liberty.”66 In his October 27 Brazzaville Manifesto, deGaulle proclaimed, “France is …” „… Western access to Baltic ports as a means258 Chapter 8of guaranteeing Polish liberty, but de Gaulle was …”

Notes S. 363-414

„… some hopes of life and liberty to the loyal Russians who had beenfighting with the Allies in the war …” „… , for example, Stettinius, op. cit., 236–38.168. “Liberty and the Law,” speech at the Law Society Dinner …”

6 How de Gaulle Understood the Geopolitics of the First World War S. 149-176

„… conception of Right, of Liberty, of Morality; or instead, theAnglo-Saxon conception of Money. One of the two …”

9 How Churchill Understood the Geopolitics of the Cold War S. 269-304

„… and not sufficient for thedefense of republican liberty. The British should “hold fast to three …”

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Greed in the Gilded Age

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Ch09. LADY LIBERTY S. 54-58

„… 549LADY LIBERTY1883In 1871 Sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi stared at the island in New York …” „… down, it made perfect sense that his statue celebrating liberty should be here at the doorstep of …” „… America. Bartholdi had a vision of his statue as a mighty woman holding the torch of liberty aloft …”

Ch33. THE VERDICT S. 153-156

„… courtroom at 3:30 p.m. Cassie was “as cool and composed as though it was the liberty of some other …” „… the indictment upon which the jury was at liberty to judge her . . . seven in all. The original …”

Ch10. THE GOOD DOCTOR S. 59-62

„… promon-tory deck. He could see the Statue of Liberty catching the morning light. He and his daughter had …”

Ch13. HARD TIME S. 71-75

„… story as something to embellish. “The board of Penitentiary Managers tonight restored to liberty a …”

INDEX S. 187-192

„… , 150Springsteen, Wallace S., 55–56Squire, Andrew, 14Statue of Liberty, 54–55steel industry, xiii …”

Preface

„… Lady Liberty 5410 The Good Doctor 5911 Madame DeVere 6312 The Bank Failure 6613 Hard Time 7114 The …”

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Enjoy the Same Liberty

2011

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Preface

„… 9781442200296_WEB.indb ii 11/16/11 1:53 PMEnjoy the Same LibertyBlack Americans and the Revolutionary …” „… Enjoy the Same Liberty9781442200296_WEB.indb i 11/16/11 1:53 PMThe African American History …” „… ChristianityPaul HarveyEnjoy the Same Liberty: Black Americans and the Revolutionary EraEdward Countryman …”

Chapter 03. “The Fruition of Those Blessings” S. 59-84

„… liberty with which you are favoured.”—Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson, 1791On October 20, 1774, the …” „… of Inde-pendence, proclaiming as it did that “all men are created equal” and that “life, liberty, and …” „… of Jefferson’s words (“created equal . . . unalienable rights . . . life, liberty, and the pursuit of …”

Documents S. 125-170

„… Wheatley’s Emerging Language of LibertyPhillis Wheatley’s poetry and letters reveal her growing sense of the …” „… liberty; as the miserable condition of many free people here of your complexion might abundantly convince …” „… well; yet their continual aspiring after their forbid-den Liberty, renders them Unwilling Servants. And …”

Epilogue: “You May Rejoice, I Must Mourn” S. 113-124

„… American liberty’s blessings. These things were connected. The rise of American democracy, the expansion of …” „… of liberty” hold for his own people? Britons, he thought, were “the best friends the coloured people …” „… life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. “Be true to them,” he urged his listeners, “on all …”

Bibliographical Essay S. 171-180

„… : Harvard University Press, 2006). Douglas R. Egerton, Death or Liberty: African-Americans and Revolutionary …” „… ) and Alfred F. Young, Liberty Tree: Ordinary People and the American Revolution (New York: New York …” „… University Press, 2004); Jill Lepore, New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in …”

Chapter 02. “The Same Principle Lives in Us” S. 31-58

„… implications of its own outcries about rights, privileges, and lib-erty, including its extraordinary claim that …” „… , creating a new identity as proud Americans, establishing the terms of their own liberty, and giving …” „… own.The new possibilities opened one by one. As protests about liberty mounted during the imperial crisis …”

Chapter 04. “Now Our Mother Country” S. 85-112

„… blessings of liberty. On July 4, 1805, a racist mob drove black Philadelphians out of an Independence Day …” „… Liberty or death: Patrick Henry used the same language. But Haynes pub-lished the poem as “Lemuel a young …” „… the governor a hostage. Taking seriously the Democratic-Republicans’ talk about liberty being …”

Chapter 01. “Fire, Fire, Scorch, Scorch” S. 1-30

„… the settlements of proud, freeborn, liberty-loving colonial Britons.Enslaved people resisted, every …” „… colonial Britons’ precious liberties, including the liberty, or privilege, of holding slaves with the full …” „… Lepore, New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan (New York …”

Index S. 181-188

„… , on American “yelps for liberty,” xxiiJoie, Chester, Massachusetts slave, 42, 66Jones, John Paul …”

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Samuel Adams

2011

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EPILOGUE: “THE PATRIARCH OF LIBERTY” S. 317-324

„… Elizabeth, his EPILOGUE: “THE PATRIARCH OF LIBERTY”10_720_Alexander.book.indb 317 2/24/11 1:37 PM318 …” „… of liberty, Samuel Adams? is it as he would express it? will he approve of it?” Jefferson phrased the …” „… consistently he strove to protect constitutional rights and promote liberty for posterity. Samuel maintained …”

Ch09. “THE PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY”: THE MASSACHUSETTS SCENE S. 237-266

„… Establishment of a Government upon the Principles of Liberty, and sufficiently guarding it from future …” „… liberty, Adams reached the conclusion that Massachusetts’s society, as well as its government, needed to …” „… asked it to mediate disputes.2 Events soon 9“THE PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY”: THE MASSACHUSETTS SCENE10_720 …”

Ch03. THE LURKING SERPENT S. 53-82

„… Anniversary Day of the Sons of Liberty”—more elaborate than ever before. The Boston Gazette offered a lengthy …” „… Son of Liberty that every colony should be awake and ready to counter a surreptitious assault on the …” „… gallery offered other benefits. If large numbers of Sons of Liberty and other Whigs packed the gallery …”

Ch02. THE PEOPLE SHALL BE HEARD S. 25-52

„… defenders of America possessed Samuel’s “thorough Under-standing of Liberty”; none of them could match his …” „… “habitual, radical Love” of liberty. Discussing the same 1764–1765 period, Hutchinson, the ultimate loyalist …” „… liberty,” and had authored many of the publications championing colonial liberties. Hutchinson added a …”

Ch10. “AN IDOLATER OF REPUBLICANISM” AND THE NATION’S CONSTITUTION S. 267-288

„… liberty.Knowing many Anti-Federalists faulted the proposed Constitution for its failure to include a bill of …” „… continuing to keep careful watch lest it turn into a liberty-destroying serpent.10_720_Alexander.book.indb …” „… must not think the Cincinnati posed a danger to liberty. Wash-ington justified Samuel’s trust. When the …”

Ch11. “THE CONSISTENT REPUBLICAN” IN THE TURBULENT 1790s S. 289-316

„… be turned into a liberty-destroying serpent, as he was determined to support that constitu-tion. And …” „… Governor Adams the idea of adding liberty-preserving amendments, like the Eleventh Amendment, remained very …” „… become a potential liberty-killing serpent.33Although he continued to raise the possibility of amending …”

INDEX S. 401-418

„… 22; foreign policy, philosophy of, 223–24; health of, 229–231, 272, 299, 303, 314, 315; liberty and …” „… racketeering; Liberty incidentAmerican colonies. See British Empire; individual colony namesAmerican Department …” „… American Revolution. See War for American Independence“American Song of Liberty,” 77Ames, Fisher, 285–87 …”

Ch06. BRITAIN MISCALCULATES AND THE GREAT INCENDIARY STRIKES S. 155-182

„… , provide him with opportunities to reignite the flame of liberty in America. The administration of Prime …” „… consignees at the Liberty Tree at noon the next day. A handbill invited the freemen of Bos-ton and adjacent …” „… eleven o’clock, and the town crier called the people to the Liberty Tree. By noon, at least five hundred …”

Ch05. THE GREAT INCENDIARY CONFRONTS THE QUIET PERIOD S. 119-154

„… of liberty. But in the fall of 1770 that flame barely flickered.3As soon as the Massachusetts …” „… to be in the minority in the Cause of Liberty and Virtue.” And while he admitted that Massachusetts’s …” „… liberty cap. According to the Boston Gazette report, she had one foot “on the head of a Grenadier lying …”

Ch08. “ZEALOUS IN THE GREAT CAUSE”: WINNING INDEPENDENCE S. 209-236

„… against his fear of military power. Believing the military cast of mind endangered liberty, he had long …” „… a barba-rous enemy, and more than American liberty was at stake. He made the link emphatically at …” „… the tyrant George III wanted to subjugate America because “the lamp of liberty” burned there and …”

BIBLIOGRAPHY S. 381-400

„… : Gentlemen !–You re desired to meet at the Liberty-tree this day . . . Boston, 3 Nov. 1773. . . .” [Boston …” „… University Press, 2001.Norton, Mary Beth. Liberty’s Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women …” „… Inspiration to the Sons of Liberty.” In pp. 180–210, Trans-actions 1924–1926. Boston: Colonial Society of …”

Ch04. THE POLITICS OF PRINCIPLE S. 83-118

„… 86 Chapter 4of Liberty” had anticipated that possibility and were determined to prevent it. He …” „… to drive all the Liberty Boys to the devil.”9In March of 1769, the authors of the “Journal” commented …” „… people faced yet another threat to American liberty directly linked to England’s use of its military …”

Preface

„… “Zealous in the Great Cause”: Winning Independence 209 9 “The Principles of Liberty”: The Massachusetts …” „… Republican” in the Turbulent 1790s 289Epilogue: “The Patriarch of Liberty” 317Abbreviations and Short Titles …” „… on a principled defense of liberty and an abiding concern for ensuring that future generations of …”

Ch01. THE FAILURE OF PROMISE S. 1-24

„… their Actions, mean nothing else by it, but their own Liberty—to oppress without Controul, or the …” „… the topic of “Liberty.”15Samuel received his bachelor’s degree on schedule in 1740 and re-turned home …” „… issues Samuel stressed as a col-lege student—the questions of “liberty” and a citizen’s right to resist …”

Ch07. THE HELMSMAN OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE S. 183-208

„… . Galloway did that because he considered Thompson “one of the most violent Sons of Liberty (so called) in …” „… the Sam. Adams of Phyladelphia—the Life of the Cause of Liberty, they say.” Galloway was dismayed both …” „… who violated the agreement. The names of such “enemies of American liberty” would be published so the …”

NOTES S. 329-380

„… , Liberty’s Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750–1800, with added preface (Ithaca …” „… , 74–76; and Morgan, Stamp Act, 127–29.27. Alfred F. Young, Liberty Tree: Ordinary People and the American …” „… University Press, 1967), 232–46; and Douglas R. Egerton, Death of Liberty: African Americans and …”

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1 Liberty, Equality, and Salvation S. 15-36

„… sermon had traveled quite far from his opening paean to the blessings of liberty.Easton then turned his …” „… 1Liberty, Equality, and salvationAfrican Americans at the Start of the NationFrom the earliest …” „… Methodist preacher George Whitefield toured the colonies and sparked the Second liberty, equality, and …”

2 All Manner of Reforms S. 37-64

„… told them, to “strike for your lives and liberty.”Garnet analogized the slaves’ condition to that of …” „… slaves. The Reverend Loguen later served as an officer of the Liberty Party and helped recruit African …” „… and liberty held in bondage the most cruel and degrading—to make their cause our own!” Elizabeth …”

4 Lifting as We Climb S. 95-120

„… to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And yet, in spite of these lofty professions and noble …” „… Harlem, and on June 12 of that year, in New Bethel Church, he delivered his famed Liberty League address …” „… attention his Liberty League address drew, Garvey formed the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA …”

Index S. 231-242

„… : background of, 31–35; on liberty, 32; on moral improvement, 35; passion of, 35; on religion, 34; speaking …” „… ; Du Bois on, 105; fight for, 95–119; legal, 3–4; liberty and, 15–36; organizing for, 96–110; principle …” „… , 147–48, 217LGBTQ movement, 182–83Liberator, 46liberty, 15–36, 55Liberty Party, 51–52Lincoln, Abraham …”

7 Barack Obama and the “Post-Racial” Society S. 189-220

„… speeches drew on the standard American tropes of liberty, democracy, and equality. Scholars noted that …” „… principle, that inherent in the nation’s DNA is the message that each American can enjoy “life, liberty, and …” „… promise of liberty and justice for all.” “We are hurting,” he said, and “enough is enough”:We’re just …”

Preface

„… .contentsAcknowledgments ixIntroduction 1Chapter 1 Liberty, Equality, and Salvation: African Americans at the Start of …”

A Note on Sources S. 221-230

„… , African-American Orators: A BioCritical Sourcebook (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996).CHAPTER 1: LIBERTY …”

3 Emancipation, Segregation, and Migration S. 65-94

„… tranquility, the common defense, the general welfare, and the blessing of liberty cannot be secured without …” „… that “whatever liberty [the African American] enjoys has been paid for emancipation, segregation, and …”

Introduction S. 1-14

„… , to inspire future generations, and to ensure liberty and justice for all.”Public speaking has always …”

6 “I Am Somebody” S. 159-188

„… , referencing Emma Lazarus’s poem at the Statue of Liberty, “and come November, there will be a change because …”

5 Waves of Reform and Revolution S. 121-158

„… country ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty”) and “Onward Christian Soldiers” (“Onward Christian soldiers …”

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