Craig Roberts Stapleton, Louise French Mccready

Where Liberty Dwells, There Is My Country (eBook, ePUB)

The Story of Twentieth-Century American Ambassadors to France

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Franco-American diplomatic relations were tested at pivotal moments in world history. This collection of biographies of twentieth-century U.S. ambassadors to France explores their personal and professional lives, highlighting accomplishments and challenges in France. Before serving as the U.S. president's personal representative, these men were successful politicians, businessmen, and soldiers, who then sacrificed their time, money, and sometimes, their health. These ambassadors demonstrated courage, intelligence, and character during the most challenging events of the twentieth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761851448
• Artikelnr.: 38485371

Autorenporträt

By Craig Roberts Stapleton and Louise French McCready

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1. Horace Porter 1897 1905 Chapter 3 2.
Robert Sanderson McCormick 1905 1907 Chapter 4 3. Henry White 1907 1909
Chapter 5 4. Robert Bacon 1909 1912 Chapter 6 5. Myron Timothy Herrick 1912
1914; 1921-1929 Chapter 7 6. William Graves Sharp 1914 1919 Chapter 8 7.
Hugh Campbell Wallace 1919 1921 Chapter 9 8. Walter Evans Edge 1929 1933
Chapter 10 9. Jesse Isidor Straus 1933 1936 Chapter 11 10. William
Christian Bullitt 1936 1940 Chapter 12 11. William Daniel Leahy 1941 1942
Chapter 13 12. Jefferson Caffery 1944 1949 Chapter 14 13. David Kirkpatrick
Este. Bruce 1949 1952 Chapter 15 14. James Clement Dunn 1952 1953 Chapter
16 15. C. Douglas Dillon 1953 1957 Chapter 17 16. Amory Houghton 1957 1961
Chapter 18 17. James Maurice Gavin 1961 1962 Chapter 19 18. Charles Eustis
Bohlen 1962 1968 Chapter 20 19. Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. 1968 1970
Chapter 21 20. Arthur Kittredge (Dick) Watson 1970 1972 Chapter 22 21.John
(Jack) Nichol Irwin, II 1973 1974 Chapter 23 22. David Kenneth Rush 1974
1977 Chapter 24 23. Arthur A. Hartman 1977 1981 Chapter 25 Conclusion