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Colonel House : a biography of Woodrow Wilson's silent partner / Charles E. Neu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neu, Charles E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938.
- House, Edward Mandell.
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Friends and associates.
- Wilson, Woodrow.
- Treaty of Versailles (1919 June 28).
- Treaty of Versailles.
- Statesmen--United States--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- World War, 1914-1918--Peace.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- United States--Foreign relations--1913-1921.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1913-1921.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (721 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A man who lived his life mostly in the shadows, Edward M. House is little known or remembered today; yet he was one of the most influential figures of the Wilson presidency. Wilson's chief political advisor, House played a key role in international diplomacy, and had a significant hand in crafting the Fourteen Points at the Paris Peace Conference. Though the intimate friendship between the president and his advisor ultimately unraveled in the wake of these negotiations, House's role in the Wilson administration had a lasting impact on 20th century international politics. In this seminal biogra
- Contents:
- Part I. The Texas years, 1858-1912
- A spacious youth
- Searching for a career
- Texas politics: creating "our crowd"
- The "twilight years"
- "The man and the opportunity"
- The ideal society
- Part II. Wilson in power, 1913-1914
- "Our crowd" goes to Washington
- Foreign horizons, 1913
- The new freedom
- Reform and intervention
- "The great adventure"
- Part III. The Great War, 1914-1917
- The Great War
- The search for peace
- London, Paris, Berlin
- The turn to war
- American interlude
- The lure of peace
- The House-Grey Memorandum
- The failure of peace
- Presidential politics
- Re-election and the plea for peace
- America goes to war
- Part IV. America at war, 1917-1918
- America prepares for war
- The strains of coalition warfare
- Envoy to the allies
- Crises at home and abroad
- The turning point
- The end of the war
- Part V. Peacemaking, 1919-1920
- Waiting for the Peace Conference
- The Peace Conference, I
- The Peace Conference, II
- The fight for the League
- Part VI. Elder statesman, 1921-1938
- The end of the Wilson Era
- New beginnings
- Marking time
- Victory at last
- The crisis of the 1930s
- Epilogue: crossing the river.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-939144-0
- 0-19-939143-2
- OCLC:
- 894792235
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