FDR's Ambassadors and the Diplomacy of Crisis: From the Rise of Hitler to the End of World War II

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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. 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Published Government Documents Autobiographies, Diaries, Edited Collections, Memoirs, Speeches Books, Journal Articles, Unpublished Manuscripts Index