Behind the Throne: Servants of Power to Imperial Presidents, 1898-1968

Behind the Throne: Servants of Power to Imperial Presidents, 1898-1968
ISBN-10
0299137406
ISBN-13
9780299137403
Category
History
Pages
294
Language
English
Published
1993
Publisher
Univ of Wisconsin Press
Authors
Walter LaFeber, Thomas J. McCormick

Description

Charles Conant, in the same era, profoundly affected America's economic relationship with Asia and Latin America. During the Wilson administration, Admiral William Caperton's views influenced foreign policy in the Caribbean and Latin America. Controlling J.P. Morgan's overseas investments, Thomas Lamont had direct access to and considerable influence upon every president in the 1920s and 1930s. Adolf Berle, advisor to Franklin Roosevelt, guided the United States' economic and security policies for the post-World War II era, preparing the way for both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. As members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Arthur Vandenberg and Senator Gerald P. Nye championed United States isolationist policies in the early years of the cold war. Vandenberg later turned internationalist and used his position as ranking Republican on the Committee to promote President Truman's foreign policies in Congress.

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