Item #13902 The Reckoning; A Discussion of the Moral Aspects of the Peace Problem, and of Retributive Justice as an Indispensible Element. James M. Beck.

The Reckoning; A Discussion of the Moral Aspects of the Peace Problem, and of Retributive Justice as an Indispensible Element

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xxx, (ii), 225, (i), (iv), ads; red cloth, gilt; A good copy. Front hinge started, spine darkened. Good. Item #13902

Copy of Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, sister of TR. It bears her Henderson House Bookplate. This work was also dedicated to TR. A Roosevelt Family Copy. A book dealing with the coming peace following WWI. There would be a protracted debate over the Treaty and more specifiacally Wilson's "Fourteen Points". See Alice Roosevelt's "Crowded Hours" for a blow by blow description of the debate.

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