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FDR's ambassadors and the diplomacy of crisis : from the rise of Hitler to the end of World War II /

What effect did personality and circumstance have on US foreign policy during World War II? This incisive account of US envoys residing in the major belligerent countries, Japan, Germany, Italy, China, France, Great Britain, USSR, highlights the fascinating role played by such diplomats as Joseph Gr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mayers, David Allan, 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations > 1933-1945.
Ambassadors > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.