{"product_id":"2940013357426","title":"Peacemakers, Blessed and Otherwise - Observations, Reflections, and Irritations","description":"Many accounts have been written, and many stories told, of the Washington Peace Conference for the Limitation of Armaments. No other story about this conference can equal in completeness or graphic power as the one given by Ida Tarbell. As a writer, Ida Tarbell has a definite as well as delicate touch which sets before us in a graphic way the picture that she has in mind. Moreover, in this connection she was particularly well fitted for her task. She had been at Paris during the days of the great Peace Conference, and the various actors on the world's stage were familiar to her. Consequently she knew the difficulties of such situations and was prepared to judge fairly and to see with clearness. Altogether, she traces in a masterly way the progress of the Conference from stage to stage, nnd helps us to see precisely what was achieved and how it was accomplished. Naturally enough, we can hardly put down this little volume without a distinct impression of the great qualities possessed by Mr. Hughes. The author does not fail to notice, however, that in his opening speech, with its admirable historical introduction, when he reviewed recent steps of progress, lie did not hesitate to jump from 1907 to 1921, as though in 1919 \"man's most valiant effort to bring about disarmament had not been made.\" Moreover, she helps us to see that we ourselves were partly to blume for France's irritation. Had we been more familiar with diplomatic methods, we should not have made the mistake of putting that valiant nation at a side table. Among other graphic passages, and one that is full of pathos, is her description of President Wilson's appearance in the great procession on Armistice Day. She says: \"The ceremony was for the dead sacrifice, but the feature of it which went deepest to the heart, and brought from the massed crowds their one instinctive burst of sympathy and greeting, was the passing, almost at the end of the procession, of the War's living sacrifice—Woodrow Wilson. Quite unexpectedly,\" she says, \"a carriage came into view,—two figures in it,—a white-faced man and a brave woman. Unconscious of what they were doing, the crowd broke into a muffled murmur—'Wilson.' It was as if they said, 'You, of all living men, belong here.'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAltogether, this book has great value, since it places things in a true perspective.","brand":"Leila's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082687135984,"sku":"2940013357426","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013357426_p0.jpg?v=1763580232","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013357426","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}