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'''Henry Luce''' (1898-1967) was the founder and long-time publisher of ''Time'' magazine, as well as ''Life'' and ''Fortune'' magazines.
He was born in China of Presbyterian missionary parents, and always strongly publicized and supported China, especially [[Chiang Kai-shek]]. He opposed Communism throughout the [[Cold War]].
A conservative Republican, he was one of the most influential shapers of public opinion from the 1920s to his death. His wife [[Claire Booth Luce]] was a leading playwright and political activist. [[Whittaker Chambers]] was for a while in the 1940s his influential foreign affairs editor.
==Further reading==
* Brinkley, Alan. ''The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century'' (2010)
* Baughman, James L. ''Henry R. Luce and the Rise of the American News Media'' (2001) [http://www.amazon.com/Henry-Luce-Rise-American-Media/dp/0801867169/ref=pd_cp_b_1 excerpt and text search]
* Herzstein, Robert E. ''Henry R. Luce, Time, and the American Crusade in Asia'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Henry-Luce-Time-American-Crusade/dp/0521543681/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256733527&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]
[[category:New Deal]]
[[category:1920s]]
[[category:Cold War]]
[[category:Journalists]]
He was born in China of Presbyterian missionary parents, and always strongly publicized and supported China, especially [[Chiang Kai-shek]]. He opposed Communism throughout the [[Cold War]].
A conservative Republican, he was one of the most influential shapers of public opinion from the 1920s to his death. His wife [[Claire Booth Luce]] was a leading playwright and political activist. [[Whittaker Chambers]] was for a while in the 1940s his influential foreign affairs editor.
==Further reading==
* Brinkley, Alan. ''The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century'' (2010)
* Baughman, James L. ''Henry R. Luce and the Rise of the American News Media'' (2001) [http://www.amazon.com/Henry-Luce-Rise-American-Media/dp/0801867169/ref=pd_cp_b_1 excerpt and text search]
* Herzstein, Robert E. ''Henry R. Luce, Time, and the American Crusade in Asia'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Henry-Luce-Time-American-Crusade/dp/0521543681/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256733527&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]
[[category:New Deal]]
[[category:1920s]]
[[category:Cold War]]
[[category:Journalists]]