Author : William R. Langer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0208004092
Our Vichy Gamble
William R. Langer
Our Vichy Gamble
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Our Vichy Gamble
William Leonard Langer
Author : William Leonard Langer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Bibliographical citations
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003916900
Our Vichy Gamble by William Leonard Langer Pdf
"When France fell in 1940, the United States had to choose among three alternatives: to maintain relations with the Vichy Gamble and encourage resistance in this way; to disown Vichy and espouse the cause of de Gaulle. From a thorough study of all the relevant documents in the files of the state Department and other government sources, Professor Langer indicates why the United States chose the course it did. Our Vichy Gamble covers the entire history of Vichy France and the United States' relations with that government from the French surrender to the Germans in 1940 through the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942. American interests were vitally concerned when France fell. 'To help France militarily was out of the question. The first and foremost problem was to prevent Hitler's getting control of French fleet. If he were to secure it, his future operations against Britian would be so much easier. If Britian went under, we ourselves would soon be challenged along our own coasts." The State Department began to negotiate with Petain and Weygand reasonably confident that these two old World War I heroes would keep their word and refuse to collaborate against the free world. But when Pierre Laval - who detested the Bristish and openly espoused the Nazis - replaced Baudoin as Foreign Minister and the decision as to who would organize French resistance in North Africa became Urgent, public opinion in the United States was aroused. Many were dismayed, feeling we were confusing the French, not comforting them; that the United States was making a mistake not to support de Gaulle and the Free French. Professor Langer shows that in fac the United States had little choice, even to the necessity of working with Admiral Darlan, who sympathized with the Germans almost as openly as Laval. And he concludes that "for intelligence purposes, if for no others, the Vichy policy was completely justified" - Publisher.
Our Vichy Gamble
William Leonard Langer
Author : William Leonard Langer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Bibliographical citations
ISBN : UOM:39015042930829
Our Vichy Gamble by William Leonard Langer Pdf
"When France fell in 1940, the United States had to choose among three alternatives: to maintain relations with the Vichy Gamble and encourage resistance in this way; to disown Vichy and espouse the cause of de Gaulle. From a thorough study of all the relevant documents in the files of the state Department and other government sources, Professor Langer indicates why the United States chose the course it did. Our Vichy Gamble covers the entire history of Vichy France and the United States' relations with that government from the French surrender to the Germans in 1940 through the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942. American interests were vitally concerned when France fell. 'To help France militarily was out of the question. The first and foremost problem was to prevent Hitler's getting control of French fleet. If he were to secure it, his future operations against Britian would be so much easier. If Britian went under, we ourselves would soon be challenged along our own coasts." The State Department began to negotiate with Petain and Weygand reasonably confident that these two old World War I heroes would keep their word and refuse to collaborate against the free world. But when Pierre Laval - who detested the Bristish and openly espoused the Nazis - replaced Baudoin as Foreign Minister and the decision as to who would organize French resistance in North Africa became Urgent, public opinion in the United States was aroused. Many were dismayed, feeling we were confusing the French, not comforting them; that the United States was making a mistake not to support de Gaulle and the Free French. Professor Langer shows that in fac the United States had little choice, even to the necessity of working with Admiral Darlan, who sympathized with the Germans almost as openly as Laval. And he concludes that "for intelligence purposes, if for no others, the Vichy policy was completely justified" - Publisher.
Indomitable Will
Charles Kupfer
Author : Charles Kupfer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441186638
Indomitable Will by Charles Kupfer Pdf
Some of the worst military disasters in U.S. history occurred between Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and the Battle of Midway in June 1942. During this period, the American people faced a barrage of bad news and accounts of defeats and retreats. Yet if they were shocked and dismayed, they showed little panic. Indomitable Will resurrects the legacy of this first half-year of American combat during WWII -a legacy of pain, but not of woe. Historian Charles Kupfer recounts the story of the war's early defeats: Bataan, Corregidor, Wake Island, and the Java Sea. Some of these battles remain evocative today; others are obscure; all were catastrophes for American arms. Kupfer asserts, however, that later victories were made inevitable by the steeling effect of those initial disasters. Weaving together military, journalistic, political, and cultural histories, this engaging book shows that by setting their collective will on victory, Americans in and out of uniform gained strength from their setbacks. Indomitable Will spells out how the nation turned early defeat into ultimate victory.
Destination Casablanca
Meredith Hindley
Author : Meredith Hindley
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610394062
Destination Casablanca by Meredith Hindley Pdf
This rollicking and panoramic history of Casablanca during the Second World War sheds light on the city as a key hub for European and American powers, and a place where spies, soldiers, and political agents exchanged secrets and vied for control. In November 1942, as a part of Operation Torch, 33,000 American soldiers sailed undetected across the Atlantic and stormed the beaches of French Morocco. Seventy-four hours later, the Americans controlled the country and one of the most valuable wartime ports: Casablanca. In the years preceding, Casablanca had evolved from an exotic travel destination to a key military target after France's surrender to Germany. Jewish refugees from Europe poured in, hoping to obtain visas and passage to the United States and beyond. Nazi agents and collaborators infiltrated the city in search of power and loyalty. The resistance was not far behind, as shopkeepers, celebrities, former French Foreign Legionnaires, and disgruntled bureaucrats formed a network of Allied spies. But once in American hands, Casablanca became a crucial logistical hub in the fight against Germany -- and the site of Roosevelt and Churchill's demand for "unconditional surrender." Rife with rogue soldiers, power grabs, and diplomatic intrigue, Destination Casablanca is the riveting and untold story of this glamorous city--memorialized in the classic film that was rush-released in 1942 to capitalize on the drama that was unfolding in North Africa at the heart of World War II.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932-1945
Robert Dallek
Author : Robert Dallek
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1995-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199826667
Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932-1945 by Robert Dallek Pdf
Since the original publication of this classic book in 1979, Roosevelt's foreign policy has come under attack on three main points: Was Roosevelt responsible for the confrontation with Japan that led to the attack at Pearl Harbor? Did Roosevelt "give away" Eastern Europe to Stalin and the U.S.S.R. at Yalta? And, most significantly, did Roosevelt abandon Europe's Jews to the Holocaust, making no direct effort to aid them? In a new Afterword to his definitive history, Dallek vigorously and brilliantly defends Roosevelt's policy. He emphasizes how Roosevelt operated as a master politician in maintaining a national consensus for his foreign policy throughout his presidency and how he brilliantly achieved his policy and military goals.
Hitler and His Allies in World War Two
Jonathan Adelman
Author : Jonathan Adelman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429603891
Hitler and His Allies in World War Two by Jonathan Adelman Pdf
In an area where in-depth studies of Hitler's relations with Nazi Germany's allies, and the failure of Nazi Germany to make more effective use of them during the war, are scant, this is a survey that looks at the Soviet Union, Japan, France, Italy, Spain, Romania and Hungary and their relationship to Nazi Germany. Using a comparative approach, seven case studies examine themes such as co-operation and resistance, military and economic aid, treatment of Jews, relations with the enemies and the popular sentiment towards Germany. Jonathan Adelman has provided students of the Second World War with a welcome mine of information and a unique perspective on a much-studied topic.
In and Out of the Ivory Tower: The Autobiography of William L. Langer
William L. Langer
Author : William L. Langer
Publisher : Plunkett Lake Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
In and Out of the Ivory Tower: The Autobiography of William L. Langer by William L. Langer Pdf
“Straightforward, relaxed memoirs by the prodigiously industrious and learned Harvard diplomatic historian and head of the Research and Analysis Section of OSS... Fine reading for anyone interested in academic life and in the connections between scholarship and policy in foreign affairs.” — Gaddis Smith, Foreign Affairs “William L. Langer intended this autobiography as an exemplary tale of how a poor boy from an immigrant family made good in America... Langer’s autobiography provides clues to his patriotic identification with the establishment and to the prodigious energy and intelligence that produced his historical works.” — Dorothy Ross, The American Historical Review “[T]his informal, modest, and understated volume will please and inform both those who knew the author personally and those who knew him only through his publications... As a historian, Langer defies categorization... he explored new areas and new techniques for research — regional studies, demography, disease, and psychoanalysis. His autobiography is neither a full description nor critical appraisal of the profession, but it should convey to a younger generation the historian’s search for truth, his pride in craftsmanship, and his sense of social responsibility.” — Richard W. Leopold, The Journal of American History
Diplomat Among Warriors
Robert Murphy
Author : Robert Murphy
Publisher : Plunkett Lake Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Diplomat Among Warriors by Robert Murphy Pdf
“[E]ver until the end — he retired in 1959 — a ‘diplomat among warriors’... this was Bob Murphy’s very special role. I doubt if any other diplomat has ever had an equivalent one. A normal Ambassador is assigned to prevent war or make peace. Much of his diplomacy was the diplomacy of war itself. He was a devoted, first-class public servant, a worthy companion to the great soldiers he accompanied. His memoirs, which include a great deal of fascinating, new historical material, should be widely read.” — C.L. Sulzberger, The New York Times “This important diplomatic memoir provides a wealth of rewarding insights and information about recent events in American foreign relations... Murphy’s lucid and well-written volume will be of great aid to the scholar and of absorbing interest to the general reader.” — Daniel M. Smith, The Journal of Modern History “[Robert Murphy’s] autobiography is more than a personal memoir; it is, in fact, a vivid history of our Foreign Service from an understaffed and inefficient bureau to ‘the finest diplomatic instrument in the world’... It is an important book, consistently readable, and thoroughly deserving to be every bit as long as it is.” — Kirkus “Diplomat Among Warriors gives a substantial account of the author’s participation in the execution of American foreign policy over a period of four eventful decades, 1917-1958... The narrative is interesting, sometimes exciting, and it contains many insights, much soul-searching, and even a few revelations, particularly for the period after 1940. The incisive characterization of actions, actors, and the author’s experiences is more dramatic and revealing than a systematic history could be... Murphy is an unassuming man. But modesty cannot disguise the key role he played in some dramatic events of contemporary history. Diplomat Among Warriors is a warm human story, written with great charm, compassion, and lucidity. It is a useful source for historians and the narrative is fascinating to the general reader.” — Stephen D. Kertesz, The Review of Politics
Reluctant Ally
Frank W. Brecher
Author : Frank W. Brecher
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1991-06-30
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015021483907
Reluctant Ally by Frank W. Brecher Pdf
Told in narrative form, this story of the origins of United States policy towards European Jews, Zionists, and Israelis and the Jews' reaction to that policy becomes a moving account of how the American outrage at mistreatment of European Jewry after World War I joined with an organized response to the Zionist movement to ultimately support the settling of Palestine. Rapid policy changes from 1900 to mid-century are carefully chronicled and the resulting history integrated into a comprehensive overview whose relevance to the current Gulf war and U.S. policy toward Israel cannot be overlooked.
Empire and Cold War
Scott L. Bills
Author : Scott L. Bills
Publisher : Springer
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1990-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349209699
Empire and Cold War by Scott L. Bills Pdf
The Second World War shattered and remade the world. Two great powers - the United States and the Soviet Union - warily confronted each other across the smoking ruins of Europe. But the end of war for Europeans prompted a surge of renewed struggle in colonial areas, as nationalist groups sought greater autonomy or independence. The weakened, tottering empires of Britain, France, and the Netherlands - their myths of military and racial superiority destroyed by the wartime line of march - were beset. American policymakers were no longer afforded the luxury of ignoring colonial problems as they began to fashion a new globalism to counter Soviet influence.
The First Summit
Theodore A. Wilson
Author : Theodore A. Wilson
Publisher : Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015021980266
The First Summit by Theodore A. Wilson Pdf
Four months before Pearl Harbour, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in secret aboard a ship in a secluded Newfoundland harbour. This was the first summit conference of World War II.
André Maurois (1885-1967)
J. Gossman
Author : J. Gossman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137402707
André Maurois (1885-1967) by J. Gossman Pdf
Respected by his peers and hugely successful internationally in his own time, André Maurois is now hardly read. Moderate and conciliatory in everything, including his literary style, he appealed to the educated reader of his time, but did those very qualities prevent him from achieving lasting distinction and impact?
France on Trial
Julian Jackson
Author : Julian Jackson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674294561
France on Trial by Julian Jackson Pdf
For three weeks in July 1945 all eyes were fixed on a humid Paris, where France’s disgraced former head of state was on trial, accused of masterminding a plot to overthrow democracy. Would Philippe Pétain, hero of Verdun, be condemned as the traitor of Vichy? In the terrible month of October 1940, few things were more shocking than the sight of Marshal Philippe Pétain—supremely decorated hero of the First World War, now head of the French government—shaking hands with Hitler. Pausing to look at the cameras, Pétain announced that France would henceforth collaborate with Germany. “This is my policy,” he intoned. “My ministers are responsible to me. It is I alone who will be judged by History.” Five years later, in July 1945, after a wave of violent reprisals following the liberation of Paris, Pétain was put on trial for his conduct during the war. He stood accused of treason, charged with heading a conspiracy to destroy France’s democratic government and collaborating with Nazi Germany. The defense claimed he had sacrificed his personal honor to save France and insisted he had shielded the French people from the full scope of Nazi repression. Former resisters called for the death penalty, but many identified with this conservative military hero who had promised peace with dignity. The award-winning author of a landmark biography of Charles de Gaulle, Julian Jackson uses Pétain’s three-week trial as a lens through which to examine one of history’s great moral dilemmas. Was the policy of collaboration “four years to erase from our history,” as the prosecution claimed? Or was it, as conservative politicians insist to this day, a sacrifice that placed pragmatism above moral purity? As head of the Vichy regime, Pétain became the lightning rod for collective guilt and retribution. But he has also been an icon of the nationalist right ever since. In France on Trial, Jackson blends courtroom drama, political intrigue, and brilliant narrative history to highlight the hard choices and moral compromises leaders make in times of war.
Vichy's Double Bind
Karine Varley
Author : Karine Varley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009368292
Vichy's Double Bind by Karine Varley Pdf
Proposes a new interpretation of French collaboration during the Second World War, placing Fascist Italy at centre stage.