FDR's Ambassadors and the Diplomacy of Crisis: From the Rise of Hitler to the End of World War II
- ISBN-10
- 1139854410
- ISBN-13
- 9781139854412
- Category
- Ambassadors
- Pages
- 372
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Author
- David Allan Mayers
Description
A fascinating history of American diplomacy in the Second World War and the ways US ambassadors shaped formal foreign policy.
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