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Henry Luce | |
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| Born | April 3, 1898 Tengchow, Qing China |
| Died | February 28, 1967 (aged 68) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Henry Robinson Luce (April 3, 1898 - February 28, 1967) was a Statesian publisher and the founder of the magazines Time, Life, Fortune,[1] and Sports Illustrated.[2] He is the author of the influential 1941 piece "The American Century." He was prominently aligned with the "internationalist" (versus "isolationist") ideological faction of the US bourgeoisie in his time and used his magazines as a platform for promoting his vision that the US must play a leading role in world affairs, due to his professed belief in a moral obligation for the US to use its military power to supposedly promote freedom and democracy around the world.[1]
As summarized in an article about him by the US Department of State, "Luce’s vision of the American Century had important implications for U.S. foreign policy in both the short and long term [...] his vision of the American Century marked the full ascendance of internationalism over isolationism in U.S. foreign policy thinking. His call for the United States to use its power to shape and lead the international system has had an enduring influence during the Cold War and beyond."[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 United States Department of State. "Henry Luce and 20th Century U.S. Internationalism" Office of the Historian.
- ↑ "“Sports Illustrated” magazine debuts". HISTORY.