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 Grew, William Dodd, William Bullitt, Joseph Kennedy And W. Averell Harriman. Between Hitler's 1933 Ascent To Power And The 1945 Bombing Of Nagasaki, Us Ambassadors Sculpted Formal Policy - Occasionally Deliberately, Other Times Inadvertently - Giving Shape And Meaning Not Always Intended By Franklin D. Roosevelt Or Predicted By His Principal Advisors. From Appeasement To The Holocaust And The Onset Of The Cold War, David Mayers Examines The Complicated Interaction Between Policy, As Conceived In Washington, And Implementation On The Ground In Europe And Asia. By So Doing, He Also Sheds Needed Light On The Fragility, Ambiguities And Enduring Urgency Of Diplomacy And Its Crucial Function In International Politics-- Machine Generated Contents Note: 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. David Mayers. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Selected United States Chiefs of Mission, 1933-1945 Japan Germany Italy China France United Kingdom Soviet Union Introduction Part I Axis 1 Rising Sun Grew and Embassy Tokyo Peace quest 2 Third Reich Professor as diplomat Among Nazis Before Kristallnacht After Kristallnacht 3 New Roman Empire Mission to Mussolini After Abyssinia Phillips in Rome Axis relations Wartime Rome Part II Victims 4 Middle Kingdom Sino-Japanese War Muddling along Hurley and failure 5 France Agonistes Defeat Bullitt and the French Bullitt-FDR Relations Vichy After TORCH Caffery and de Gaulle Part III Victors 6 Britannia Appeasement War Alliance European Advisory Commission 7 Great Patriotic War Nonaggression Pact to BARBAROSSA Fragile alliance Harriman Embassy Limited cooperation Poland Uncertain victory 8 Conclusions: US Diplomacy and War Ambassadors Legacy of war Notes Introduction Chapter 1: Rising Sun Chapter 2: Third Reich Chapter 3: New Roman Empire Chapter 4: Middle Kingdom Chapter 5: France Agonistes Chapter 6: Britannia Chapter 7: Great Patriotic War Chapter 8: Conclusions Bibliography Manuscript Collections Published Government Documents Autobiographies, Diaries, Edited Collections, Memoirs, Speeches Books, Journal Articles, Unpublished Manuscripts Index "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 Grew, William Dodd, William Bullitt, Joseph Kennedy and W. Averell Harriman. Between Hitler's 1933 ascent to power and the 1945 bombing of Nagasaki, US ambassadors sculpted formal policy - occasionally deliberately, other times inadvertently - giving shape and meaning not always intended by Franklin D. Roosevelt or predicted by his principal advisors. From appeasement to the Holocaust and the onset of the Cold War, David Mayers examines the complicated interaction between policy, as conceived in Washington, and implementation on the ground in Europe and Asia. By so doing, he also sheds needed light on the fragility, ambiguities and enduring urgency of diplomacy and its crucial function in international politics"-- Provided by publisher 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. A fascinating history of American diplomacy in the Second World War and the ways US ambassadors shaped formal foreign policy