Rush Loving

Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman

Göring, Ribbentrop, and the Nazi Invasion of Poland

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

*Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman explores the personal rivalies at the heart of Hitler's inner circle, and how they ultimately impacted history. *Compelling and easy to read narrative style. *Explores an often overlooked aspect of history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 150mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 266g
• ISBN-13: 9780253061959
• ISBN-10: 0253061954
• Artikelnr.: 62115571

Autorenporträt

Rush Loving Jr. is former associate editor of Fortune and former business editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. He is author of The Men Who Loved Trains and The Well-Dressed Hobo. Loving also served as assistant director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Jimmy Carter and worked as a consultant specializing in transportation economics, issues before Congress, and corporate communication problems.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. Kaiser Wilhelm's Legacy
2. The Community Organizer
3. The Champagne Salesman
4. Fat Boy's Swedish Friend
5. 'Close Your Hearts to Pity!'
6. A Performance of Bombast and Threats
7. 'A Second Bismark'
8. Et Tu, Bruté?
9. 'It's Enough to Kill a Bull'
10. The Speech That Fell Flat
11. Into the Wee Hours
12. A Shouting Match
13. 'Where Is the Pole?'
14. The Intercepted Telegram
15. Invasion
16. Ultimatum
17. Finis
Notes
Bibliography