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The book Philip Dru was a book authored by House in 1912 that he published anonymously.  It is a unique title in that it can be viewed both as a [[dystopia]] as well as an [[utopia]]n novel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Progressivism's Revenge|url=http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2013/03/progressivisms_revenge.html|publisher=[[American Thinker]]| quote=House's book is "utopian" in the sense that he is fantasizing about being given the authority to achieve, in one fell swoop, the agenda wished and fought for by the progressives of his time, as of ours. }}</ref>

The book Philip Dru was a book authored by House in 1912 that he published anonymously.  It is a unique title in that it can be viewed both as a [[dystopia]] as well as an [[utopia]]n novel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Progressivism's Revenge|url=https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2013/03/progressivisms_revenge.html|publisher=[[American Thinker]]| quote=House's book is "utopian" in the sense that he is fantasizing about being given the authority to achieve, in one fell swoop, the agenda wished and fought for by the progressives of his time, as of ours. }}</ref>

In the novel, the title character leads the democratic western U.S. in a civil war against the plutocratic East, and becomes the dictator of America.  Dru as dictator imposes a series of reforms that resemble the Bull Moose platform of 1912; the novel displays contempt for democratic processes, a taste for violence, and admiration for benevolent authoritarianism. No one suspected House was the author, but in his secret diary House repeatedly related the day's events to passages in the novel.<ref>Lash pp 230-35; Esposito (1988)</ref>

In the novel, the title character leads the democratic western U.S. in a civil war against the plutocratic East, and becomes the dictator of America.  Dru as dictator imposes a series of reforms that resemble the Bull Moose platform of 1912; the novel displays contempt for democratic processes, a taste for violence, and admiration for benevolent authoritarianism. No one suspected House was the author, but in his secret diary House repeatedly related the day's events to passages in the novel.<ref>Lash pp 230-35; Esposito (1988)</ref>

* Esposito, David M.  ''Imagined Power: The Secret Life of Colonel House.'' ''The Historian.'' (1988) 60#4 pp 741+. [http://www.questia.com/read/5001364183 online edition], a strongly negative psychological appraisal

* Esposito, David M.  ''Imagined Power: The Secret Life of Colonel House.'' ''The Historian.'' (1988) 60#4 pp 741+. [http://www.questia.com/read/5001364183 online edition], a strongly negative psychological appraisal

*  Floto, Inga.  ''Colonel House in Paris: A Study of American Policy at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919.'' (1973). 374 pp  

*  Floto, Inga.  ''Colonel House in Paris: A Study of American Policy at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919.'' (1973). 374 pp  

* George, Alexander L. and Juliette L. George. ''Woodrow Wilson and Colonel House: A Personality Study'' (1964) a controversial psychological study [http://books.google.com/books?id=pQ7bm3JHolcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:colonel+intitle:house&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]

* George, Alexander L. and Juliette L. George. ''Woodrow Wilson and Colonel House: A Personality Study'' (1964) a controversial psychological study [https://books.google.com/books?id=pQ7bm3JHolcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:colonel+intitle:house&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]

* Hodgson, Godfrey.  ''Woodrow Wilson's Right Hand: The Life of Colonel Edward M. House'' (2006), 335pp; a popular biography; credits House for Wilson's political and diplomatic success and largely blames the president and his second wife for the break in their friendship  

* Hodgson, Godfrey.  ''Woodrow Wilson's Right Hand: The Life of Colonel Edward M. House'' (2006), 335pp; a popular biography; credits House for Wilson's political and diplomatic success and largely blames the president and his second wife for the break in their friendship  

* Lasch, Christopher. ''The New Radicalism in America, 1889-1963: The Intellectual as a Social Type'' (1965)

* Lasch, Christopher. ''The New Radicalism in America, 1889-1963: The Intellectual as a Social Type'' (1965)

===Primary sources===

===Primary sources===

* Edward Mandell House, ''Philip Dru: Administrator: A Story Of Tomorrow 1920-1935'' [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6711], 1910

* Edward Mandell House, ''Philip Dru: Administrator: A Story Of Tomorrow 1920-1935'' [https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6711], 1910

* Edward Mandell House and Charles Seymour. ''What Really Happened at Paris'', (1921) [http://books.google.com/books?id=OFsZwhBCVyMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:House+inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Seymour&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0 full text online]

* Edward Mandell House and Charles Seymour. ''What Really Happened at Paris'', (1921) [https://books.google.com/books?id=OFsZwhBCVyMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:House+inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Seymour&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0 full text online]

* [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=genpub;idno=ACL9380.0001.001 Edward House, ''The Intimate Papers of Colonel House'' ed by Charles Seymour, ed. (1926-28)] [http://books.google.com/books?id=-3EShjGGNpUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:colonel+intitle:house&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpts and text search]

* [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=genpub;idno=ACL9380.0001.001 Edward House, ''The Intimate Papers of Colonel House'' ed by Charles Seymour, ed. (1926-28)] [https://books.google.com/books?id=-3EShjGGNpUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:colonel+intitle:house&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpts and text search]

* Link, Arthur C. ed. ''The Papers of Woodrow Wilson'' (69 vol), included hundreds of letters and memoranda between House and Wilson; available in large academic libraries

* Link, Arthur C. ed. ''The Papers of Woodrow Wilson'' (69 vol), included hundreds of letters and memoranda between House and Wilson; available in large academic libraries