Henry Luce
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Henry Luce (1898-1967) was the founder and long-time publisher of Time magazine, as well as Life and Fortune magazines.
He was born in China of Presbyterian missionary parents, and always strongly publicized and supported China, especially Chiang Kai-shek. He opposed Communism throughout the Cold War.
A conservative Republican, he was one of the most influential shapers of public opinion from the 1920s to his death. His wife Claire Booth Luce was a leading playwright and political activist. Whittaker Chambers was for a while in the 1940s his influential foreign affairs editor.
Further reading
- Brinkley, Alan. The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century (2010)
- Baughman, James L. Henry R. Luce and the Rise of the American News Media (2001) excerpt and text search
- Herzstein, Robert E. Henry R. Luce, Time, and the American Crusade in Asia (2006) excerpt and text search