{"product_id":"building-letters-1960-1975-isaiah-berlin-9780701185763","title":"Building, Letters 1960-1975","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe third volume of Isaiah Berlin's remarkable letters takes readers from 1960 to 1975\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the period covered here Isaiah Berlin creates Wolfson College, Oxford; John F. Kennedy becomes U.S. President (and is assassinated); Berlin dines with JFK on the day he is told of the Soviet missile bases in Cuba; the Six-Day Arab-Israeli war of 1967 creates problems that remain with us today; Richard M. Nixon succeeds Johnson as President and resigns over Watergate; and the long agony of the Vietnam War grinds on in the background. At the same time Berlin publishes some of his most important work, including Four Essays on Liberty--the key texts of his liberal pluralism--and the essays later included in\u003ci\u003e Vico and Herder\u003c\/i\u003e. He appears on the radio, on television, and in documentary films, and gives numerous lectures, especially his celebrated Mellon Lectures, later published as \u003ci\u003eThe Roots of Romanticism\u003c\/i\u003e. Behind these public events is a constant stream of gossip and commentary, acerbic humor, and warm personal feeling. Berlin writes about an enormous range of topics to a sometimes dazzling cast of correspondents. This new volume leaves no doubt that Berlin is one of the very best letter-writers of the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isaiah Berlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0701185767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780701185763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chatto \u0026amp; Windus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.62h x 6.25w x 1.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/19\/2013 pg. 44\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Isaiah Berlin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072691695871,"sku":"9780701185763","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f9a16909-ae64-4e69-af08-9de42da79124.jpg?v=1685443443","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/building-letters-1960-1975-isaiah-berlin-9780701185763","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}