World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals

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07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Murray N. Rothbard

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In this paper, I will be dealing with various examples of individual or groups of progressive intellectuals, exulting in the triumph of their creed and their own place in it, as a result of America's entry into World War I.

Volume 9, Number 1 (1989)

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Rothbard, Murray N. "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals." Journal of Libertarian Studies 9, No. 1 (1989): 81–125.

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