num_pages: 496
description: From the To paraphrase If we were not all vain and so excessively interested in ourselves life would be so dull none of us would be able to endure it. Accordingly, it is a reasonable presumption that anyone bold enough to publish his memoirs has at least a goodly share of vanity; although I prefer to call it pride. I hope not to appear too conceited nor unduly boastful, irrespective of whether it be pride or pride coupled with vanity. In any case, I am convinced neither has played any tricks with my memory. Moreover, for any thinking man advancing years tend to undercut vanity and moderate pride. In short, the reader may rely on the accuracy of my account, which has been checked against my files.The most important reasons that led me to write the pages that follow have been the peoples, events, and ideas that composed my life in its different periods. They were spirited, often exciting, and not infrequently dramatic, and I did not want their essence to be concealed under too academic a manner. Therefore in writing Diplomats and Demagogues - With No Holds Barred I have deliberately refrained from using the scholarly apparatus of footnotes that has become customary in such recollections as this.
language: English
title: Diplomats and Demagogues: The Memoirs of Spruille Braden
titlecomplete: Diplomats and Demagogues: The Memoirs of Spruille Braden
publisher: Arlington House