Louisiana State University Press

Editorial Note Although the official position of "state poet" seems to be a not uncommon office in tlie individual states of the Union, we have until this year had no official poet of the Republic. Now, as of February 26, 1986, we have one. Tiie office of the American laureate is, to be sure,...

Könyvtábla és lapélek foltosak. Collection of seven essays on politics, law, and American society.

ForewordA GREAT American, Elihu Root, who at one time was Secretary of State, once observed that when foreign affairs are ruled by autocracies or oligarchies the danger of war lies in sinister purpose. He went on to say that when foreign affairs are directed by democracies the danger of war lies in...