FDR's Ambassadors and the Diplomacy of Crisis

Informationen zum Autor David Mayers teaches at Boston University, where he holds a joint professorship in the History and Political Science departments. His previous books include Cracking the Monolith: US Policy Against the Sin?oviet Alliance, 1949?55 (1986), George Kennan and the Dilemmas of US Foreign Policy (1988), The Ambassadors and America's Soviet Policy (1995), Wars and Peace: The Future Americans Envisioned, 1861?91 (1998) and Dissenting Voices in America's Rise to Power (Cambridge University Press, 2007). Klappentext A fascinating history of American diplomacy in the Second World War and the ways US ambassadors shaped formal foreign policy. Zusammenfassung This fascinating history reveals the effect of personality and circumstance on US foreign policy during World War II. It traces the history of American envoys residing in the major belligerent countries! highlighting how diplomats sculpted formal policy in ways not always intended by Franklin D. Roosevelt or his advisors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Axis: 1. Rising sun; 2. Third Reich; 3. New Roman Empire; Part II. Victims: 4. Middle Kingdom; 5. France Agonistes; Part III. Victors: 6. Britannia; 7. Great Patriotic War; 8. Conclusions: US diplomacy and war; Bibliography.

Klappentext

A fascinating history of American diplomacy in the Second World War and the ways US ambassadors shaped formal foreign policy.

Zusammenfassung
This fascinating history reveals the effect of personality and circumstance on US foreign policy during World War II. It traces the history of American envoys residing in the major belligerent countries, highlighting how diplomats sculpted formal policy in ways not always intended by Franklin D. Roosevelt or his advisors.

Inhalt

Introduction; Part I. Axis: 1. Rising sun; 2. Third Reich; 3. New Roman Empire; Part II. Victims: 4. Middle Kingdom; 5. France Agonistes; Part III. Victors: 6. Britannia; 7. Great Patriotic War; 8. Conclusions: US diplomacy and war; Bibliography.