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Author Folly, Martin

Title Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy from World War I through World War II
Published Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (535 pages)
Contents Contents; Editor's Foreword; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendix A. International Conferences; Appendix B. Presidents, Secretaries of State, and Undersecretaries; Appendix C. Chairs of Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Appendix D. Major Ambassadorships; Bibliography; About the Authors
Summary The period from the outset of World War I to the end of World War II was among the most significant in the history of the United States. Twice it was drawn into "foreign entanglements"wars it initially thought were no concern of its own and of which it tried to steer clearonly to realize that it could not stand aside. With each one, it geared up in record time, entered the fray massively, and was crucial to the outcome. Each war tested the American people and their leaders, and in each case the countrycame out of the conflagration stronger than beforeand even more importantyet st
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Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Diplomatic history -- Dictionaries
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history -- Dictionaries
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Dictionaries
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Dictionaries
Diplomatic history
Diplomatic relations
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- 1913-1921 -- Dictionaries
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1921-1923 -- Dictionaries
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1923-1929 -- Dictionaries
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1929-1933 -- Dictionaries
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945 -- Dictionaries
Subject United States
Genre/Form Dictionaries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780810873766
0810873761
1282521896
9781282521896