Franklin Roosevelt's Foreign Policy and the Welles Mission (The World of the Roosevelts)

A new and original analysis of the mission undertaken by FDR's Secretary of State during the Phoney War, Rofe's work explains the motivations and goals of Roosevelt through an analysis of the president's foreign policy and of the nature of the Anglo-American relationship of the time. This Work Presents An Analysis Of The Mission Undertaken By Under Secretary Of State Sumner Welles To Europe On Behalf Of President Roosevelt In February-march 1940. Roosevelt Himself Reckoned The Mission Had Only One Chance In A Thousand Of Succeeding In Influencing The Course Of The War In Europe, And Yet He Pressed Ahead. Explaining The Motivations And Objectives Of The President, J. Simon Rofe Utilizes The Welles Mission To Further Illuminate Our Understanding Of Rooseveltian Foreign Policy Making.--book Jacket. Introduction: The Mission Of Sumner Welles To Europe (feb-mar 1940) Rooseveltian Foreign Policy And Anglo-american Relations In The Late 1930s -- The Anglo-american Relationship Of 1938 And 1939: A Relationship In The Making -- War And Peace: The Phoney War, Like Spectators At A Football Match -- Wishing Welles: The Immediate Origins Of The Welles Mission In January And February 1940 -- Hope, Despair, Friends: Welles In Rome, Berlin And Paris, 17 February-12 March 1940 -- The Grass Snake Arrives: Welles In London, 13 March-15 March 1940 Increasingly Forlorn: Welles Heads Home Via Rome -- Conclusion: The Welles Mission: A Short-term Legacy And A Historical Evaluation. J. Simon Rofe. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [243]-255) And Index.