Yours Faithfully, Bertrand Russell Letters to the Editor 1904-1969

by Russell, Bertrand; Perkins, Ray

• ISBN13: 9780812694499
• ISBN10: 081269449X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-29
• Publisher: Open Court

Summary

Bertrand Russell was one of the greatest philosophers of our time. In addition, he engaged in a lifelong battle with the forces of injustice — emphasizing the importance of practice as well as theory. His most effective weapon in this struggle was letters to newspapers and magazines, most of which are collected in this volume. Russell exposes the irrationality of leaders and defends the public against the evils of the time, from British conscription in World War I and fascism in the 1930s to McCarthyism in the 1950s and the Vietnam War in the 1960s. These 400 witty, acerbic letters show him brilliantly sparring with both ordinary citizens and the most powerful leaders of the day, touching on everything from war and peace to sexual ethics and religion.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Bibliographical Notes	xi
Russell, the Public Gadfly	1	(12)
Early Letters (1904-1913) [documents 1-8]	13	(18)
Against the First World War (1914-1918) [9-38]	31	(56)
Between the Wars (1919-1938) [39-92]	87	(70)
War and Peace [39-57]	90	(29)
Science, Philosophy, and Religion [58-66]	119	(12)
Human Rights and Civil Liberties [67-80]	131	(15)
Education [81-87]	146	(6)
Miscellaneous [88-92]	152	(5)
World War Two and the Early Cold War (1939-1953) [93-119]	157	(42)
Human Rights and Civil Liberties [93-107]	160	(17)
War and Peace [108-116]	177	(19)
Miscellaneous [117-19]	196	(3)
The Cold War and the Nuclear Peril (1954-1962) [120-201]	199	(100)
War and Peace [120-170]	203	(57)
The Bomb [120-159]	203	(45)
Middle East and Far East [160-165]	248	(5)
The Berlin Crisis [166-68]	253	(3)
Cuba and the Missile Crisis [169-170]	256	(4)
Human Rights, Civil Liberties, and Disobedience [171-188]	260	(26)
Philosophy and Religion [189-198]	286	(11)
Miscellaneous [199-201]	297	(2)
The Cold War and American Militarism 1963-1969 [202-292]	299	(114)
Human Rights and Civil Liberties [202-222]	303	(21)
Greece [202-04]	303	(3)
Germany [205-08]	306	(4)
Poland [209]	310	(1)
Spain [210]	311	(1)
Bulgaria [211]	312	(1)
Bolivia [212]	312	(2)
United States [213-17]	314	(4)
Soviet Union [218-19]	318	(3)
Africa [220-22]	321	(3)
War and Peace [223-282]	324	(79)
Cuba and the Missile Crisis [223-231]	324	(12)
The Bomb and the Cold War [232-242]	336	(20)
The Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation [243-45]	356	(4)
Vietnam [246-266]	360	(24)
International War Crimes Tribunal [267-276]	384	(12)
Czechoslovakia and the Russians [277-282]	396	(7)
JFK Assassination [283-84]	403	(3)
Miscellaneous [285-292]	406	(7)
Index	413