| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 171 pages, [8] pages of plates ) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction; Chapter 1. Horace Porter 1897-1905; Chapter 2. Robert Sanderson McCormick 1905-1907; Chapter 3. Henry White 1907-1909; Chapter 4. Robert Bacon 1910-1912; Chapter 5. Myron Timothy Herrick 1912-1914; 1921-1929; Chapter 6. William Graves Sharp 1914-1919; Chapter 7. Hugh Campbell Wallace 1919-1921; Chapter 8. Walter Evans Edge 1929-1933; Chapter 9. Jesse Isidor Straus 1933-1936; Chapter 10. William Christian Bullitt 1936-1940; Chapter 11. William Daniel Leahy 1940-1942; Chapter 12. Jefferson Caffery 1944-1949; Chapter 13. David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce 1949-1952. |
| Summary |
This collection of biographies of twentieth-century U.S. ambassadors to France explores their personal and professional lives, highlighting accomplishments and challenges in Franco-American relations and world history. These men demonstrated courage, intelligence, and character in their attempts to encourage French cooperation in furthering joint diplomatic goals and ideals of peace. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography.
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Diplomatic and consular service, American.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- France -- 20th century.
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France -- Foreign relations -- United States -- 20th century.
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Biography & Autobiography -- Historical. |
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History. |
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Ambassadors. |
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Diplomatic and consular service, American. |
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Diplomatic relations. |
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France. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJd8gD4vdtqQMdQHvYqbBP |
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United States. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Author |
McCready, Louise French, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Where liberty dwells, there is my country Lanham, Maryland : Hamilton Books, [2010] 9780761851424 (hardback : alk. paper) (DLC) 2010925407 |
| ISBN |
9780761851448 ebook |
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0761851445 |
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9780761851424 hardback : alk. paper |
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0761851429 hardback : alk. paper |
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9780761851431 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0761851437 (pbk. : ;alk. paper) |
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9780761851448 ebook |
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