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New York: Jean Wick, 1915. First Edition. First Edition. Review Copy, with publisher's review slip laid in. Association Copy, lengthily INSCRIBED on the front endpaper by author Marshall Kelly to Senator Robert M. "Fighting Bob" La Follette Sr. Additionally SIGNED by La Follette on the front endpaper. In 1917, while most American politicians supported US intervention in World War I, La Follette became one of the few politicians advocating neutrality. In a fiery speech before the Senate on April 2, 1917, La Follette argued that American involvement in the war would line the pockets of already wealthy munitions industrialists but would lead to the deaths of countless working class Americans, and draw attention from important domestic reform measures. Although his opposition led to him being widely branded a traitor, La Follette held firm, opposing the military draft and Espionage Act-correctly predicting that the latter would be used to suppress free speech-and pushing for the war to be funded… Read More