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Author Burt, Sally, 1980- author.

Title At the president's pleasure : FDR's leadership of wartime Sino-US relations / by Sally K. Burt.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies on East Asian security and international relations, 2213-1051 ; volume 3
Studies in East Asian security and international relations ; volume 3. 2213-1051
Studies in East Asian security and international relations. 2213-1051 ; volume 3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 2015-223) and index.
Contents Leaders and presidents -- Hail to the chief: FDR's leadership style -- "The most important factor in the whole east": FDR's vision for Sino-US relations -- A vision without a plan: FDR's wartime China policies -- "The deckhand diplomat": Ambassador Gauss and General Stilwell in China -- Washington mandarins: FDR's personal representatives to China -- Rubberlegs, the peanut and the limeys: FDR's summit diplomacy -- The changing of the guard.
Summary At the President's Pleasure re-examines Franklin Roosevelt's leadership of US diplomacy with China in World War II using new perspectives on aspects of Sino-US relations.
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Subject Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Influence.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
World War (1939-1945)
United States -- Foreign relations -- China.
United States.
International relations.
China.
China -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945.
Chronological Term 1933-1945
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
Diplomatic history.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Burt, Sally, 1980- At the president's pleasure 9789004288232 (DLC) 2015014238 (OCoLC)904036862
ISBN 9789004288249 electronic book
9004288244 electronic book
9789004288232 (hardcover)
9004288236